I've got a Serious "Pizza Oven" Problem... (part 1)

this video is brought to you by squarespace from website and online store to marketing tools and analytics squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful presence online or to run your business now more on this later but for now i'm in trouble hey guys salut this is alex still the same person still willing to perfect the ultimate airpods and pizza at home but there has been some change recently no doesn't ring a bell i am fully back in my studio this week this is the end of the confinement which means i won't be working from home i can't say i'm not happy it's very good to be back in this sacred place one thing i'm a bit less pleased with is this i thought this studio oven was similar to my home oven i thought i would be able to bake beautiful neapolitan pizza boy was i wrong that p doesn't stand for pizza for that matter it stands for program it basically means that i won't be able to bake completely puffed up neapolitan pizza it also means that my brand new three centimeter refractory stone is now completely useless with a low temperature like this one is able to reach at the moment with this you do nothing you do nothing why am i not baking my pizzas at home basically it's simple work is work home is home just going back and forth would make no sense between these two no no no i want to be able to bake my pizzas in this place where the magic should happen i'm gonna have to find a way to work with this one yeah maybe that's not only bad maybe i can put a bit more sense a bit more respect in the world hacking okay a quick disclaimer before we start uh do not try any of what you're about to see at home there are so many risks involved electric shock severe burns fire hazard let me handle this okay why because i'm an electrical engineer first but also i'm a performer so [Music] so this is the program that would be the ground this is a simplified view of my oven the controller this is the brain of the oven detects the oven temperature thanks to the temperature sensor the oven temperature reaches a set value then the oven stops using the heating element on off on off the temperature inside an oven is never stable it's always oscillating now let's come up to something more exciting what i want to achieve my controller my word my rules this will be connected to the oven's heating element we'll also have access to the oven's temperature i can't use temperature sensor because it's a different technology i will be able to turn the heating element on and off at my wheel you could see this system as a parasite why do i keep both systems alive at the same time why do i not just replace the existing one mine is designed to bake only neapolitan pizzas i like using my oven for for other things as well like roasting vegetables or baking bread so i need to keep it in the future i mean who knows okay so this is my test setup controller works like this this is the temperature i want this is the temperature it gets from the probe right there which is very close to the heater okay the controller is activating is turning on and off that remote switch right there which then activates the heater in order to reach the desired temperature that i input earlier the reason why i did this little setup was just to get a proof of concept and to be honest i think i've got it there are three things remaining the first one is just to sort out the values there must be some setting because the values are all over the place second i need to use a proper probe because this is just a hack that i made but i've ordered one that should be perfect for this oven right there and the third action is basically to take all this and to drop it magically inside this oven right there i could be staring at that light bulb turning on and off and on and off all day long i can't see much no more okay so i'm still waiting for a few parts to complete my beat so in the meantime i thought we should be working on the oven stand one of the very few furniture here that is not on wheels it's gonna make my life easier and safer if there's any fire hazard because i'm playing with fire i will have an easy access to the back of it so i can just extinguish that that risk basically so let's work on it [Music] my oven is going to get pretty hot so i don't need walls to get it even hotter especially with flaky wood flaky wood is the absolute worst i'm just gonna do my stuff okay cool [Music] so the oven is on wheels now and that's amazing but it also comes with a little problem attached to it i'm gonna need a longer cable than the actual one take that opportunity to improve things a bit where's all the fun otherwise [Music] so this is what i've got in the end click clack just called a a socket and a plug brilliant but anyways this is gonna allow me to place basically my oven wherever i want this is also gonna be able to withstand all the wattage or the power of the amps that i need for my beast of a pizza oven okay it still is a domestic oven but it charges like an electric car basically [Music] [Music] in theory everything is connected where it should be wish me luck right so if i did my job well the oven at the moment should be heating up using the top element but i want to do this with you okay this is an important moment for this oven it might be the end of it without further ado let's just do this [Music] yeah i don't even have to put my hand close to it i can see it oh it's definitely getting hot we're currently at 31 the switch seems to be in action because there's a red light on it i'm gonna go as far as calling this a success success success success and double success i'll be very honest with you guys i wasn't sure that this was gonna work i thought well maybe there's a security somewhere that i'm bypassing and the oven is just gonna give me the middle finger apparently not this was made to be hacked i should avoid touching anything because nothing's safe at the moment but that's something to keep in mind i mean for me could you that would be a nice like title for the video i got it computed okay let's just think about what's left first of all i need to integrate all these components inside the casing i'm gonna make it look good basically second there is much more than cosmetic modifications i need to use good components these are not exactly suited for the job i also need to do a better job with this probe integrated inside the oven probably a close to the existing one door will be back on where everything will be properly closed then it will be time to bake pizzas the length i would go to bake pizza a man must have a code and pizza is mine okay an open oven in a very unsafe setup with wires sticking out everywhere what a code i'm gonna thank you guys for watching this episode and i will catch up with you in the next one bye okay let's talk about today's sponsor squarespace squarespace has powerful blogging tools to share recipes photos videos and recommendations you can categorize share and share 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Channel: Alex

Views: 566,076

Keywords: neapolitan pizza, pizza, how to make pizza at home, perfect pizza, pizza oven, domestic oven, hack

Id: FJjr9lmUhZE

Length: 11min 10sec (670 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 13 2020