Advantages of a wood burning oven

A indirect wood burning oven allows a continuous and long lasting heat which helps to guarantee excellent cooking results and an even heat distribution inside the oven. You’ll be shocked at the flavor differences you get between cooking things like lasagna in a gas oven compared to a wood-fired one. Baked Ziti develops flavors in the meat and sauce that you might have thought were never possible. This short video below offers a quick look at just a few recipes created in this remarkable wood fired oven.

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Indirect Wood Burning Oven Offers More

What is a Indirect Wood Burning Oven?

This indirect wood burning oven isn't just perfect for pizzas. You can also cook a variety of foods link roasts, porchetta, breads, desserts, and delicious Thanksgiving turkeys. The indirect heat system reduces wood consumption and oven preparation time. The Forno Classico 80 or Forno Premium 100 wood burning oven is a great choice if you are starting on your path to cooking with wood fired ovens!  It has a stylish design and a premium stainless steel interior!

The Forno Classico 80 wood burning oven offers three cooking surfaces and doubles as a convection oven if you don’t need a real fire.    It’s perfect for the beginning food connoisseur.

Wood Fired Pizza Oven Plans

Have you been dreaming about building your own wood fired pizza oven? We can make it easy with one of our Forno Rustico Wood Fired Pizza Oven kits. They look fantastic and will enhance your outdoor or indoor cooking and entertaining area.  Install a Forno Rustico wood fired pizza oven in your home and start to enjoy the alternative cooking method. Download the wood fired pizza oven plans here.

Which Wood Fired Pizza Oven is for you.

Forno Rustico 120 Wood Fired Pizza Oven 

Cooking Chamber Dimensions:

Interior Dimensions: 47"   diameter
Exterior Dimensions: 52" x 61"
Cooking Surface: 12.5 sq.ft.

12" Pizza 6
1 lb. Loaves 10
Roasting Pans 3 - 16" x 13"
Turkey Size 3 Large

Forno Rustico 100 Wood Fired Pizza Oven
Cooking Chamber Dimensions:

Interior Dimensions: 39" diameter
Exterior Dimensions: 44" x 53"
Cooking Surface: 8.6 sq. ft.

12" Pizza 3
1 lb. Loaves 6
Roasting Pans 2 - 16" x 13"
Turkey Size 2 Large

Forno Rustico 80 Wood Fired Pizza Oven
Cooking Chamber Dimensions:

Interior Dimensions: 31" diameter
Exterior Dimensions: 36" x 46"
Cooking Surface: 5.3 sq. ft.

12" Pizza 2
1 lb. Loaves 5
Roasting Pans 2 - 15" x 12"
Turkey Size 2 Small

Forno Rustico Quadro Wood Fired Oven
Cooking Chamber Dimensions:

Interior Dimensions: 27" x  30"
Exterior Dimensions: 35" x 32"
Cooking Surface: 5.6 sq. ft

12" Pizza 2
1 lb. Loaves 4
Roasting Pans 2 - 15" x 12"
Turkey Size 2 Small

Best Pizza Oven Firewood

Perhaps the most important aspect of firing a wood-fired oven is the type and condition of the wood.  The best types of wood are oak and olive.  Olive is used in pizzerias all over Italy and it tends to burn hotter than other woods.  Oak is popular because it is easier to find and it also burns very hot and creates nice embers that help maintain temperature.  Other types of wood, such as hickory, walnut, and fruitwoods, can also be used.  However, whichever wood you use, it must be well seasoned and dry.  If you use freshly cut, or green, wood, the fire will not burn as hot and it will create excessive amounts of smoke.  The same is true of damp wood.  Wood is extremely vulnerable to changes in humidity so simply keeping the wood from getting wet may not be enough.  The best way to dry wood properly is to place the pieces inside the oven while firing with the fire on one side and the drying pieces on the other.  The heat of the fire will help evaporate any residual humidity in the wood.

Outdoor Pizza Oven and Fireplace

Outdoor kitchen with the works, including a wood-burning pizza oven and fireplace, offers cooking outside at its best. This Forno Rustico 100 pizza oven was installed in San Juan Capistrano, Ca by Italco Construction Inc. Italco Construction provides custom outdoor pizza oven installation to the southern California area.

 

 

Custom Wood Fired Pizza Oven Installation

Imagine having this work of art in your backyard. The possibilities of custom wood fired pizza oven installations are endless. Please send us photos of your custom installation, we'd love to see what you've done.

Custom Forno Rustico 120 wood fired pizza oven installation and patio construction by Italco Construction Inc.