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Coal-fired pizza is apizza style in the United States.New York–style pizza andNew Haven–style pizza are often cooked incoal-firedpizza ovens. A coal-fired oven can reach 900 °F (482 °C) and cooks a pie in two to five minutes.[1][2]
Pizzerias outside of theNortheastern 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 theWestern 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 foranthracite coal suppliers, most of whom are in Pennsylvania'sCoal 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 CO2emissions from coal-fired pizza ovens.[7]