Coal-fired pizza

A coal-fired oven can reach 900 °F (482 °C) and cooks a pie in two to five minutes.

[1][2] Pizzerias outside of the Northeastern United States that feature coal-fired ovens are uncommon enough to be noted in travel guides: for instance, Black Sheep Pizza with the first coal-fired oven in Minneapolis,[3] or URBN in San Diego.

[4] As of 2007, coal-fired ovens were quite uncommon in the Western United States with only five others west of the Mississippi: four in an Arizona chain and one more in Las Vegas.

[5] The growing popularity of coal-fired pizza in the 2010s was identified as a major market for anthracite coal suppliers, most of whom are in Pennsylvania's Coal Region and generally see a declining market due to demand for alternate industrial and home heating fuel sources.

[6] Concerns have been raised about particulates, sulfur dioxide and CO2 emissions from coal-fired pizza ovens.