Wood-fired ovens

A wood-fired oven is more than just a professional item for people inside the food and beverage sector. It is also a functional and furnishing element for the home. The choice of a wood-burning oven is therefore dependent on the use you want to make out of it, as there are wood-burning ovens for domestic and professional use. There are many different characteristics that are connected to such distinction: the capacity and size, larger for professional and smaller for non-professional users, the materials and thermal resistance, but also the accessories. Similarly, the width of the combustion chamber and of the chemney can vary from 100cm and 200 cm of diameter to 140cm and 200cm. The materials of wood-burning ovens refractory, hence resistant to high temperatures. The excellent quality of the materials, together with a suitable insulation, guarantees not only that the wood-burning oven reaches high temperatures, but that it can keep them up to 12/15 hours after use. The oven also differ by the type of assembly and installation. Indeed, you can opt for a counter wood-fired oven or a freestanding wood-fired oven.

Wood-fired ovens for all uses

Professional wood-fired ovens can cook from 8 to 10 pizzas at a time, without giving up on quality and managing to cook in a perfectly homogeneous way. If equipped with appropriate coverage and insulation, they can be used as outdoor wood-fired ovens. The insulation must be properly carried out both under the fire plane and over the dome, in order for the temperature of the cooking plane and of the vault to be kept. The large size also implies a considerable weight, from about 700 kg up to 1000 kg and more. Wood-fired ovens for the home use, on the other hand, are great for those who love making pizza and backing goods directly at home. They normally have a smaller capacity, but are equally made of top-quality refractory material, so as to guarantee high performances also to the least expert users. For such a use destination, the fuel is another criterion to consider when making a choice. If you choose a barbecue with built-in wood-fired oven, wood and charcoal as fuels used for the different functions. The latter is more practical for those who are not as experienced users oor in any case it allows a short ignition for a last minute barbecue.

Wood-fired oven for pizza

Wood-fired oven for pizza is certainly the most representative model and the outcome of such an ancient tradition that has led pizza to be featured as part of UNECO patrimony. A pride fully made in Italy. Many dream of a wood-fired oven for hommade pizza to be used in special occasions. If wood-fired ovens for professional use can cook 8/10 pizzas, those for the home use have a smaller capacity and can reach up to about 5 pizzas or little more. In any case, a wood-fired oven for pizzas need to reach very high temperatures, as it needs to cook the pizza in a short time. Therefore we are speaking of wood-fired ovens in refractory ceramic, a material that is resistant to wear and tear of heat and retains it. The use of refractory material is properly supported by an adequate insulation. The latter is an indispensable process that ensures better cooking performances and retains the heat up to 15 hours after use; in the long term, it ensures a longer life cycle to the oven.

Accessories of wood-fired ovens

Wood-fired ovens can come with a large variety of accessories that is useful to know also in view of the use you want to make of them. When baking and cooking pizza, monitoring the temperature is a key factor and although professional users know it well, also passionate users need to keep it in mind. Among the accessories of a wood-fired oven there is the termometer. Equally important are the sheet metal door, which help to reatain and reach the ideal temperature, and the burner for the barbecue. The latter is useful to contain the wood and ensure the oxygenation of the fire from below, letting fall the ash that would otherwise suffocate it. A plus can be the grill, strictly in stainless steel so as to preserve the food healthiness.