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Discover what you can cook on a Big Horn Outdoors® product — from wood-fired pizza to 1500°F seared steaks.

Every recipe is built and tested for our pizza ovens and infrared grills.

Pizza Oven Accessories You Actually Need: The Core Kit

You need surprisingly little to make good pizza in a pizza oven: a launching peel, a turning peel, and a way to protect your hands and your oven are the core kit. A thermometer (infrared for the st...

Pizza Dough Troubleshooting: Fix Sticky, Tight, or Overproofed Dough

Most pizza dough problems come down to three variables — rest time, hydration, and proofing — so the fix is usually one of three moves: let a tight dough rest, flour and re-ball a sticky dough, or ...

Pellet Pizza Oven vs Gas Pizza Oven: Which One Fits Your Backyard

The short answer: choose a pellet pizza oven when wood-fired flavor is the point and you are happy to manage a fire; choose a gas pizza oven when convenience, speed, and consistency matter more. Bo...

Outdoor Pizza Party Ideas: Menu, Flow, and the Oven Plan

The ideas that make an outdoor pizza party work are a staged menu, a build-your-own topping table, and a bake flow that keeps the oven busy: preheat fully, launch one pizza every couple of minutes,...

Outdoor Kitchen Winter Care: Clean, Cover, and Prepare for Spring

Winterizing an outdoor kitchen is a short protect-and-store sequence: clean everything, disconnect and drain what should be drained, cover or shelter the units, and store fuel correctly — so the gr...

Outdoor Kitchen Island Grill: Burners, Build, and Fit

An outdoor kitchen island grill is a factory-built, freestanding cooking station that combines burners, counter space, storage, and often extras like an infrared side burner or rotisserie — deliver...

One Pan Camping Meals: Cook Real Dinners with One Skillet

One-pan camping meals are the smart way to cook at a campsite: a single skillet or pot cooks a real dinner — a protein, vegetables, and a starch — with one pan to clean and no extra gear. The metho...

Neapolitan Pizza Dough Recipe for a High-Heat Oven

The secret to Neapolitan-style pizza dough is simple ingredients and a long fermentation: flour, water, salt, and yeast, rested so the dough develops flavor and strength — then baked at very high h...

Multi-Fuel Pizza Oven: One Oven, Several Fuels — Is It Worth It?

A multi-fuel pizza oven accepts more than one fuel source — pellet and optional gas or electric attachments, or a convertible wood-and-gas design — so you can switch fuels without changing the appl...

Infrared Grill vs Gas Grill: Searing Power vs Daily Ease

The short answer: an infrared grill wins when you want fast, intense searing at 1500°F-class heat (the Big Horn 16-inch portable broiler reaches about 1500°F in 3–5 minutes on a 19,000 BTU ceramic ...

Infrared Grill vs Flat Top Grill: Which One Fits Your Cooking

The short answer: an infrared grill wins when you want fast, high-heat searing of steaks and chops, and a flat top grill wins when you want a versatile cooking surface for smash burgers, breakfast,...

Infrared Grill Temperature Chart: Times and Temps by Cut

An infrared grill sears at extremely high temperatures — the Big Horn 16-inch portable broiler reaches about 1500°F (815°C) — so the temperature chart is less about a single number and more about t...

Infrared Grill Safety: Flare-Ups, Heat, and Health Facts

Infrared grills are safe when used the way they are designed: outdoors, on a stable level surface, with the propane system leak-tested, the food cooked to a safe internal temperature, and the inten...

Infrared Grill for Apartment: What Fits a Balcony or Patio

The honest answer for an apartment is: a propane infrared grill can work on a balcony or patio, but only where your building rules allow propane and where there is outdoor space with clearance — an...