| 1. How much space do I need to have for one of your outdoor ovens like the Mario Batali Amici ?All of our wood fired ovens are specifically designed and engineered for homeowners who don’t want a big bulky outdoor oven that takes up too much space. The largest oven we have is only 40 inches deep, 35.5 inches wide and 82 inches high, this is perfect for any small patio, or courtyard.
2. Can we bake authentic Vera Pizza Napoletana just like they do in Naples Italy in your oven’s?
Vera Pizza Napoletana, requires an oven that can reach temperatures of 800 degrees and cooked with wood inside some type of refractory oven and all of our ovens meet those standards. Also, just like authentic Vera Pizza Napoletena you can bake a pizza in our oven’s in 2 minutes or less!
3. Other than Pizza, what else can we make in your outdoor pizza oven’s?
This is one of the best reasons to purchase one of our wood burning oven’s because you can cook so many delicious wood fired dishes. We love to make roasted vegetables, wood fired chicken, steaks, chops and fish. Slow roasted or braised dishes, casseroles, bread, the possibilities are endless! You can bake, roast, grill, slow cook and smoke in our wood burning pizza ovens.
4. How long does it take to heat up your Mario Batali Amici or Mario Batali Etna Pizza Oven?
One of the advantages of the entire line of Chicago Brick Oven’s is that they heat up really fast. You can start cooking in about 30 minutes, just as if it where a coal oven. Of coarse the longer you let it heat, the better and the faster you cook you food. I typically heat my oven for 45 minutes, just enough time to drink some wine and smoke a cigar 
5.Where do you manufacture your wood fired brick oven’s?
OK so we are the one of the only companies that actually pride ourselves on manufacturing all of our outdoor wood burning oven’s in AMERICA. Unlike companies like Forno Bravo and others, they are all bringing them in from China. They don’t last, they crack easily and just like anything else you get form China it does not last. Our pizza oven kits last forever!
6. My oven is going to be a focal point, I want it to look good.
TV personality, restaurateur and world renowned chef Mario Batali personally endorsed and even put his name on our ovens. Rachel Ray owns our oven, HGTV used our outdoor pizza oven’s in a backyard makeover. Chef’s, movie stars and people from all walks of life love the way our brick pizza oven’s look in their space, they are beautiful.
7. I don’t want to assemble anything or hire contractor’s or have to purchase extra materials do I?
Great question, our Mario Batali Amici and Etna come completely assembled with nothing to do but cook! Our newest outdoor Italian pizza oven, the Isabella also comes completely assembled ready to cook in. We also give you all the tools you need to start cooking the day you get it!
8. Can I customize my pizza oven to match my outdoor decor and hard-scape?
Yes, we have outdoor pizza oven kits that are meant to be customized. You can dress them up any way you like and we have tons of beautiful examples of customized ovens to get ideas from, just click on the gallery of pictures on our pizza oven kits page.
9. Can I leave my brick pizza oven outside all year?
Absolutely! We engineer and design our wood burning pizza oven’s for residential outdoor use, you can leave it outside all year.
9. How long do I need to cure the oven? What is that process like?
We fire the oven once in our plant before you get it. To cure your oven, you can use a 15 or 10 pound bag of charcoal. Just burn through the back of charcoal for about 4 hours slowly burning at around 2-400 degrees. No science, just sweating out any extra moisture. Other outdoor brick oven companies make you cure your oven over a 4 day period because the quality of materials are sub-grade.
To speak to an outdoor wood burning oven’s specialist for help in choosing what pizza oven is best for you, please call Daniel Caliguire, President of The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company, he is a foodie and expert in residential wood fired pizza oven’s. 800-256-5534 |
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