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Originally Posted by xkeowner
Has anyone ever heard of a gas/propane kitchen stove? We have had one for years and even when using two ovens plus stove top burners preparing holiday feasts we have never had a carbon monoxide issue or alarm activation despite not having an open window. The pizza oven in a well ventilated lanai should not be a carbon monoxide issue. The cautions concerning heat on the table top and ceiling should be considered but should be manageable issues.
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A pizza oven is not an open-top stove. It is basically a narrow ceramic "cave" that's wide enough to slide a raw pizza in, and remove it with a pizza spatula. It's a kiln without a door. It is designed to rise to extremely high temperatures - up to 950°F. Compare to the average kitchen oven which doesn't even top 550 for self-cleaning and can't be set to 550 for anything else.
The heat will rise. It will rise at temperatures that can melt vinyl mesh, and PVC pipe, and anything made of plastic including plastic screws or even plastic bolt covers. It can, over time, degrade the integrity of metal mesh. It's meant to be used outdoors, without anything overhead impeding the heat to rise. Not even mesh.