Oven – heat frozen waffles in the oven without a baking sheet

You probably have already purchased an oven at this point, but this video from America's Test Kitchen seems to explain a lot of things and offers some purchasing suggestions.

The model they recommend is the Breville Smart Oven, however it is made for the US and I could not seem to find a version made for 230V outlets. A reviewer suggested using a "step down transformer," but I don't have any experience with using US appliances in other countries so use your own judgement here.

If you've already purchased an oven, please let us know what you got and how it turned out! I find the idea of using a small toaster oven for heavy duty baking fascinating and would love to hear if you were able to make it work.

Placing a pizza stone directly on a burner will likely lead to cracking. If you are limited to stove-top cooking, there are two routes that you might use to make pizza.

First option, steal some of the techniques used for making grilled pizza:

• Preheat a large skillet medium-high with its lid in place.
• Cook the crust on one side, flip it over, then place the toppings while the second side cooks.
• Cover the pizza after it has been topped.

Second option, use (or improvise) a dutch oven:

• Preheat a large cast iron skillet or dutch oven over medium-high either with its lid in place, or heat the lid on a separate burner.
• Stretch the dough inside a pie tin and up it's sides.
• Top with sauce, cheese, pepperoni, etc.
• Place 4 wads of aluminum foil in dutch oven to raise pie tin off bottom.
• Set pizza in dutch oven and cook.

In either case you will be limited to making fairly small pizzas. Keep your crust relatively thin. A thick crust is going to burn before it is fully cooked inside. It may also be beneficial to pre-cook as many of your toppings as possible prior to placing them on the pizza.