Imported Italian Masonry Barbecues

Imported Italian Masonry Barbecues that are designed to help you make the most of the good weather this summer. Only the highest quality Italian stone masonry is used to construct these stylish barbecues that will last years longer than traditional charcoal burning BBQ’s. With an adjustable stainless steel cooking surface and multi level storage for wood or charcoal, these Masonry Barbecues will give you years of enjoyment and add style and color to your back yard cooking area.
 

Southern CA wood fired oven dealers

Dolce Vita Rustico Wood Burning Oven Dealers in Southern CA

The Forno Rustico wood burning, or wood fired ovens by Dolce Vita are designed to combine the romance of a traditional oven, with modern technology and design. Amazing food for people who love the ease and flexibility of cooking with a wood fired oven. This is a traditional method of cooking from the past and reflects the old world culinary tradition. The Forno Rustico wood fired ovens look fantastic and will enhance your outdoor cooking and entertaining area.

MODERN BUILDERS
825 GRAND AVE.
SAN MARCOS, CA 92078
PH: (760) 591-4570
http://modernbuilders.net

AMERICAN BUILDERS SUPPLY
21400 GOLDEN TRIANGLE RD.
SANTA CLARITA, CA 91350
PH: (661) 255-6300
http://www.absupply.com/index.htm

RESOURCE BUILDING MATERIALS
10961 DALE AVE.
STANTON, CA 90680
PH: (714) 952-2993
http://www.resourcebuildingmaterials.com

KRC ROCK
700 N. TWIN OAKS VALLEY RD.
SAN MARCOS, CA 92069
PH: (760) 744-1036 ext. 106
http://krcrock.com
 
RCP BLOCK & BRICK
8240 BROADWAY
LEMON GROVE, CA 91945
PH: (619) 460-9101
http://www.rcpblock.com

The Complete Pizza Oven Tool Set

A must-have starter tool set complete with all you need to start cooking in your pizza oven.

Six essential tools to cook in a wood fired oven, selected and conveniently assembled in one kit.  All the tools are long-handled and a great fit for wood burning pizza ovens.

Wood-Fired Oven Utensil Set comes with:

Fire stoker.  Use the fire sticker to move the embers in the pizza oven or reach in the to position and pull roasting pans. Also works great to pop bubbles on your pizza. Measures 60” long.

Brass brush.  Use this bristle brush to clean the oven floor before cooking pizza. The brush makes it easy to prepare for baking pizza or bread, and is also a good thing to have when cleaning the oven after each use. Measures 60" long.

Pizza shovel.  Slide your pizza or bread into the oven easily with this wood burning pizza tool. With a comfortable, extra long handle, this pizza shovel is a great fit for all wood burning pizza ovens. Measures 12" x 54” long.

Pizza Turner.  Sleek and easy to handle stainless steel pizza turner. Use it to reach in the oven and move your pizzas around so that they brown evenly or to bring out of the oven your baked bread loaves. Measures 8" diameter, 60” long.

Wall Rack.  Holds all 5 wood burning pizza oven utensil. 18” long 

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

There are countless recipes you can make in a brick oven. This holiday season try baking your favorite dessert in your wood fired oven. The added flavor from this method of cooking will suprise you.

Pumpkin Spice Muffins (With Cream Cheese Frosting)

Ingredients
 Muffin Ingredients:
1 cup All-purpose Flour
1/2 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1-1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Salt
4 Tablespoons Butter, cut into pieces
1 cup (heaping) Pumpkin Puree
1/2 cup Evaporated Milk
1 whole Egg
1-1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup Golden Raisins (optional!)


TOPPING:
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg

FOR FROSTING:
1/4 cup Softened Butter
4 ounces, weight Cream Cheese
1/2 pound Powdered Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla

Preparation Instructions
Preheat wood fired oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease 12 muffin tins.

Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Cut in butter with two knives or a pastry blender until it is fully incorporated. In a separate bowl, mix together pumpkin, evaporated milk, egg, and vanilla. Pour pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture. Add raisins. Fold gently until mixture is just combined.

Pour into a greased muffin pan—batter hardly ever fills all twelve unless you keep it down to 1/2 full. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar-nutmeg mixture over the top of each unbaked muffin.
Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes, then remove and allow to cool. Ice with cream cheese frosting.

To make the frosting, mix all ingredients on high until soft and whipped. Spread onto completely cooled muffins, or place into a large pastry bag with a large star tip and go crazy! Store in the fridge, as icing will soften at room temperature.

How-To Install a Wood Fired Pizza Oven Installation Instruction 2 of 2

Below are the basic instructions on how to install one of our wood-fired oven kits. This is part two of a two part post. View one of two here.

5. Apply a small amount of mud to the outer seams of the dome to seal the oven.  There is no need to cement in the dome pieces because the oven dome is self-supporting.  

6.Cover the entire dome with a ceramic fiber insulation blanket (sold separately).  Lay wire mesh (such as chicken wire) over the insulation to hold it tightly against the oven.  

7.If the finished oven is enclosed with masonry walls, cover it with at least 6 inches of loose vermiculite for optimal insulation.  If the finished oven is left dome-shaped, the vermiculite should be mixed with cement so that it will stick together.  Mixing ratio: 10 cubic feet of vermiculite to 45 lbs. of Portland cement.  Add water as needed.

8. For dome-shaped ovens, cover the vermiculite with 1 inch of stucco reinforced with chicken wire.  If the dome-shaped oven is left outdoors, it should be waterproofed to prevent moisture from seeping into the oven. (For further details, download our wood-fired oven installation guide from our website.)

The installation of the wood-fired oven and outdoor living space construction was done by Italco Construction Inc.

How-To Install a Wood Fired Pizza Oven Installation Instruction 1 of 2

Below are the basic instructions on how to install one of our wood-fired oven kits. This is a two part post so please check back next month for the final steps.

1.  Construct a 4” concrete slab supported by 2 masonry walls. If space between walls is over 42”, build a third center wall. The width and length of slab will be determined by the size of the wood fired oven being installed. The slab should be large enough to have room for at least 6” of insulation (ceramic fiber blanket and vermiculite) all around. At the front of the wood fired oven, the slab should be large enough to accommodate the front arch or any other finishes (stone, bricks, tile, etc.). 
2.  For better insulation, lay one or two rows of fire bricks over the slab or use ceramic fiber board. 
3. Then, lay the oven floor pieces without any mortar or grout. This will prevent possible cracking due to thermal expansion. Be sure to leave enough space for the front arch. If the joints of the floor pieces are uneven, smooth them over using an angle grinder or coarse sand paper. This will prevent the edges from chipping in the future. 
4.  Assemble the wood fired oven starting from the door pieces. Be sure that all the dome pieces fit tightly together. The space between the wood fired oven floor and the dome pieces should be left open. The ash from the first several fires will fill this space and lock the wood fired oven in place.

Baking in a Indirect Wood Burning Oven

Baking in a Indirect Wood Burning Oven

This indirect wood burning oven isn't just perfect for pizzas but baking as well.  The indirect heat system reduces wood consumption and oven preparation time. Our 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. 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.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
1-12 oz. (2 cups) Nestle Toll House Semi-sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 375 F.
In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract; beat until creamy.
Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture. Stir in chocolate morsels and nuts.
Drop by level tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake at 375 F for 9-11 minutes.
Make about 5 dozen 2 1/4 inch cookies.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Starting your wood fired oven: After pushing the coals to the back of the wood fired oven near the wall, brush the ashes off of the floor. The chunks of glowing hardwood coals should have little or no flame when the Oatmeal Raisin Cookies goes in. After 5 minutes, turn cookie sheet so the other end faces the fire.

Makes about 4 dozen

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup raisins

- Heat wood-fired oven to 350 F.
- Beat together butter and sugars until creamy.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
- Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
- Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden.
- Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.

Wood Burning Oven Veggie Casserole

Starting your wood fired oven: After pushing the coals to the back of the wood fired oven near the wall, brush the ashes off of the floor. The chunks of glowing hardwood coals should have little or no flame when the Veggie Casserole goes in. After 15 minutes, turn casserole disk so the other end faces the fire.

ALL KINDS OF VEGETABLES SUCH AS:
CARROTS
POTATOES
ZUCCHINI
BROCCOLI
CAULIFLOWER
BELL PEPPERS
MUSHROOMS
ONIONS
GARLIC

OLIVE OIL, SALT, AND COOKING SPRAY

Wash and dry the vegetables thoroughly and cut them into large pieces. Spray a large casserole dish with cooking spray and put veggies into the dish. Season with olive oil and salt and cook uncovered at 350 until all the vegetables are tender and golden.

This recipe is not only delicious but very healthy as well!!

Wood Burning Oven Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe

Cooking in a Wood Fired Oven: After pushing the coals to the back of the wood fired oven near the wall, brush the ashes off of the floor. The chunks of glowing hardwood coals should have little or no flame when the Buffalo Wings goes in. After 15 minutes, turn wings so the other end faces the fire.

INGREDIENTS FOR 4 PEOPLE: 
20 CHICKEN WINGS 
VINEGAR 
BUTTER 
BUFFALO WING SAUCE

WASH AND DRY WINGS THOROUGHLY. SPRAY A LARGE CASSEOLE DISH WITH COOKING SPRAY AND PUT WINGS IN CASSEROLE DISH. ADD VINEGAR (JUST ENOUGH TO SPRINKLE ALL THE WINGS) AND PATS OF BUTTER THROUGHOUT DISH. COOK WINGS AT 350 UNTIL THEY ARE GOLDEN BROWN. PUT BUFFALO WING SAUCE IN A LARGE BOWL. TOSS WINGS IN THE SAUCE AND SERVE. THEY ARE DELICIOUS!!

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.

Forno Indirect Wood Burning Oven from dolcevita specialty imports on Vimeo.

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.

Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Tools

We now carry wood-fired pizza oven tools. These wood fired oven tools are made of high-quality stainless steal and feature wooden or plastic handles. Choose from our brass brush, ember shovel, pizza shovel, pizza turner, fire stoker or utensil wall rack. Shop Now

Brass pizza oven brush
Ember pizza oven shovel
Pizza oven shovel
Pizza oven turner
Fire stoker
Wood-fired utensil wall rack

Cooking a Pizza Margherita in our Tuscany Wood-fired Pizza Oven

Tuscany wood-fired pizza oven from dolcevita specialty imports on Vimeo.

Pizza Margherita is a classic Italian style pizza that focuses on high quality ingredients and traditional Italian flavors. If you are looking for a heavy or complicated pizza with lots of toppings, look elsewhere. This simple yet delicious style of pizza is great for people who want the fundamental flavors of Italian cooking without a bunch of extraneous items blocking the flavors.  Pizza Margherita is a very adaptable recipe. The following is just a guideline, so feel free to make changes in order to make it perfect for you.

What you will need:

• Pizza Dough – you can use store bought, but you will get better results with ourpizza dough recipe.

•  Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• Garlic

• Fresh Basil

• Fresh Roma Tomatoes

• Fresh Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat your wood fired oven to 450 degrees or higher. The higher the temperature the less time it will take to cook. Mix in garlic, salt, olive oil, and sliced tomatoes in a bowl. Use this mixture to lightly brush the pizza dough. Then layer thin sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and rough chopped basil over the pizza. Place in heated oven until the crust and cheese is a golden brown.

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