Wood Fired Pizza Ovens Blog

Entertain with a backyard pizza oven

Daniel Caliguire — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:53:52 +0000

Homeowners looking to add that something special in their outdoor living spaces are now buying outdoor wood burning pizza ovens like the Mario Batali Etna pizza oven. This is a very simple solution to spice up your outdoor kitchen.

Backyard wood burning pizza ovens

Most homeowners are looking for something not only functional, but impressive. Along with the refrigerators, wine coolers, granite counter tops, why not go the extra mile to make a statement with a wood burning oven. Our flagship line of wood fired pizza ovens are the Mario Batali Etna and the Mario Batali Amici 500

And they can fit into any space. Whether you would like to build a custom brick oven, or you would like a wood fired oven that is ready to go out of the box, we can fit your needs. Its more than simply cooking outside, too. The kitchen is the gathering place in the home, so it makes perfect sense to have a similar space outdoors that your family and friends can enjoy.

Outdoor Kitchen with a wood burning pizza oven

Our brick ovens can bring so much entertainment to the outdoor kitchen experience. Instead of ordering a pizza from the place down the street, why not create your own masterpiece. You can pick what toppings and how much of them to personalize to your liking. How fun! No more just plain BBQ, wood fired oven pizza is now the craze! Don’t be the last to jump in on this new trend. Get yourself a brick oven at The Outdoor Pizza Oven.com today and you will be the talk of the town! You can then get busy spending time with friends and family creating recipes to cook in your own outdoor oven.

If you would like to learn more about backyard pizza ovens,, contact The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company, we are residential wood oven experts(and foodies) 800-256-5534 or you can check out a recent blog post on how to buy an outdoor pizza oven, good resource of frequently asked questions.

Brick Pizza Oven Kit

Daniel Caliguire — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:52:37 +0000

Homeowners and contractor’ who want to add a beautiful customized outdoor pizza oven kit should consider the Chicago brick Oven bundle sold at The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company.

Outdoor Pizza Oven Kit

Chicago Brick Oven Bundle, American Made pizza oven kit

This is a recent product testimonial from a contractor who recently installed our CBO pizza oven kit.

“The CBO 750 bundle is a contractor’s dream install! The oven itself took approximately 45 minutes to install. The single dome made the installation exceptionally easy and it appears to be much more durable than a multi-piece dome. The arch, door and insulation also came ready to position and set. We believe this install will be the first of many utilizing Chicago Brick Oven’s deep product line and Flame Roll™ technology.”
Eastern Outdoor Furnishings, Totowa, New Jersey,

As you can see in the image, the oven is a very simple 3 piece design, the dome is all one piece, unlike other pizza oven kits on the market where the dome is multiple pieces, that leaves more room for error in construction, heat loss and cracking. The dome on the Chicago Brick Oven pizza oven kit is what’s called a “low dome design” that forces all the heat down onto the hearth. The pizza oven kit is made in America using a proprietary blend of refractory materials that won’t crack due to thermal expansion. The oven is infused with thousands of stainless steel needles to prevent expansion and cracking.

Everything you need to craft a beautiful outdoor wood fired brick pizza oven is included, the cast iron door and hardware, the dome, hearth, arch insulating blanket for the top of the dome and a insulating board for the bottom of the hearth, keeping all the heat in! You also get the flu adapter, and flu ring for the chimney stack. the picture below shoes a finished custom pizza oven using one of the pizza oven kits from The Outdoor Pizza OVen Company and Chicago Brick Oven.

Beautiful custom pizza oven

If you would like more information on custom building an outdoor brick pizza oven, please call The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company, 800-256-5534 or visit our site at outdoor pizza ovens

Outdoor Pizza Oven buyer’s guide

Daniel Caliguire — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:33:24 +0000

I wanted to write this post to help those who are currently in the market for an outdoor pizza oven or wood burning oven for their backyard or patio. The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company specializes and only sells the highest quality American made outdoor brick pizza oven’s for residential use.

Outdoor Italian Pizza Oven

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

Mario Batali Etna on a custom base

Daniel Caliguire — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:26:21 +0000

One of our best selling outdoor pizza ovens is the Mario Batali Etna counter-top model because you get a finished pizza oven that you can put on a customized brick base. Any homeowner or contractor can do this in 1 day and it gives a great custom look to your existing backyard scape.

If you want expert advice on building an outdoor pizza oven from scratch or choosing an already built wood burning pizza oven, call The Outdoor Pizza Oven company. 800-256-5534

Why you should buy an outdoor wood burning oven

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:10:00 +0000

Outdoor entertaining keeps evolving and the hottest trend these days is to build an outdoor kitchen for entertaining and the hottest outdoor kitchen product has the be an outdoor wood burning pizza oven.

I cant even begin to explain what it’s like to actually own an outdoor wood fired oven like the Mario Batali Amici for pizza but I can tell you it has changed my life forever! Once you have decided you want to make the purchase, you should do your research as we have noticed a lot of so called brick ovens for your home turn out to be…. well… Chinese imported garbage. (I ‘m just being honest)

Here are the top reasons you should buy your outdoor brick oven from the Outdoor Pizza Oven Company;

We only sell and specialize in residential outdoor wood pizza ovens.
We are foodies who actually cook in our ovens weekly, our competitor’s just post pictures of ovens, they have no idea what its like to actually cook in one.
We ONLY sell American manufactured ovens like The Chicago Brick Oven line, all o the other brands you see online are imported junk that wont last(seriously)
We use the highest grade refractory material used so the oven will not crack due to thermal shock.
Low Dome design so the low dome pushes the heat down to the hearth(floor where you need the heat because that is where your pizza is.
Heavily insulated so the heat stays in and you can cook for hours.
We will take the time to educate you on what it’s like to own and cook in your pizza oven based on our real life practical experience.

If you want expert advice on purchasing an outdoor pizza oven, please call The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company at 800-256-5534.

What Can You Cook in a Outdoor Wood Burning Pizza Oven?

Daniel Caliguire — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:33:33 +0000

So you are thinking about buying an outdoor wood burning brick pizza oven and want to make more than just wood fired pizza to justify the cost? Most people don’t realize how versatile a good wood burning brick oven is. I wanted to giver you a couple of my favorite wood fired dishes.

Wood Fired Cooking

Wood roasted vegetables like asparagus,beets, cauliflower, carrots. Just season lightly and drizzle with olive oil. Any root very is good.
Stuffed Peppers- So good when cooked in an outdoor wood oven.
Wood fired meatballs.
Any type of Kabob is delicious when prepared with a good cooking wood and wood fired.
Wood Fired Chicken- You can butterfly the chicken, season lightly and drizzle with good olive oil, I love pecan wood for this type of dish. Or you can put the chicken in a dutch oven with some braising liquid and root vegetables.
Cedar plank salmon or any good fish is delicious when prepared in a wood burning oven. We like to prepare our fish with simple seasoning, good olive oil and a nice glaze at the end.
Wine braised beef. Use Chianti and a dutch oven for this delicious wood fired dish!
Steaks- Use Oak cooking wood and a camp fire grate inside your outdoor pizza oven.

If you would like to learn more about what Outdoor wood burning brick pizza oven is best for you The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company specializes in residential backyard pizza oven’s and we are FOODIES. Call 800-256-5534

Isabella Old World Pizza Oven

Daniel Caliguire — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:15:02 +0000

The Isabella Old Wold Pizza Oven from The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company is the perfect backyard wood fired pizza oven for any foodie or home chef who loves to use food to bring family and friends together. We wanted to offer a high quality authentic wood fired pizza oven that was 100% American made under 3,000. The Outdoor pizza oven space is filled with companies that merely import ovens from China or other countries who use low quality materials and minimal engineering to keep costs down. The customers who buy from The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company buy because they want a pizza oven that is built to last.

The Isabella Old Wold Pizza Oven is 100% refractory fire brick inside with a low dome design, this keeps the deck and dome extremely hot allowing you to cook pizza’s in under 3 minutes. We recently entertained 35 guests with this oven and cooked 23 pizza’s in about an hour. We designed this oven to have the old world look with modern engineering techniques and materials.

The video below is an up close look at what your pizza will look like while cooking in the Isabella Old World Pizza Oven.

Isabella Old World Pizza Oven

Brick Pizza Oven Design

Daniel Caliguire — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:36:45 +0000

We get a lot of questions when it comes to the different types of brick pizza oven design so I wanted to share a simple yet elegant custom outdoor pizza oven that was just completed by David Frederick out of the great state of Texas.

David wanted a custom oven that his family and friends would enjoy cooking in but also serve as a beautiful focal point in his backyard. The picture below was taken during the installation process. This will be the base for the pizza oven kit.

Base for the Pizza Oven kit

The next photo shows the project moving along nicely and nearing completion.

installation of a DIY Pizza Oven Kit purchased

The finished product turned out absolutely beautiful and David and his family hosted a pizza party for forty and he cranked out 40 different wood fired pies.

If you would like more information on a brick pizza oven design project, call The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company, the leader in authentic old world pizza ovens inspired by Italy and made in America. 800-256-5534

Margherita Pizza

Daniel Caliguire — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:58:00 +0000

Margherita Pizza

The most elegant and delicious pizza and the sole reason I started a business revolving around authentic wood fired pizza is the Margherita. If you want to know if a wood fired pizza joint has the chops, try this one.

Notice the bright red sauce which is a San Marzano or imported plum tomato. Look at the beautiful char on the crust and the milky white cheese, this is exactly why I get up in the morning, the search for the most beautiful and delicious pizza pie! The secret to this pie or any good pie boils down to these critical points. High heat, fresh ingredients and cooked in a wood fired brick oven with a cooking wood like maple, cherry or apple.

Pizza Obsession

Daniel Caliguire — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:27:39 +0000

I started The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company because I have an obsessed with authentic pizza and I wanted to share my passion with others. It all started when I was about 10 years old with my mom and my Sicilian grandma. Pizza is something every man woman and child can relate with and when you eat authentic old world style pizza cooked in a wood fired pizza oven, well now your talking! New York has over 9,000 pizzerias, now that’s a state that is OBSESSED with good pizza. Check out this blog post for a great pizza dough recipe.

http://www.theoutdoorpizzaoven.com/blog/caputo-flour-pizza-dough-recipe/

Authentic wood fired pizza

This next post will share our best homemade pizza sauce recipe.

Recent research shows that annual pizza sales reached close to 38 billion and the average American eats 46 slices a year, I eat 7 times that! But the obsession for pizza has become more about true authentic wood fired pizza, just like it’s been made in Italy for thousands of years. If you have not yet tried authentic wood fired pizza or you want to own a outdoor home wood fied pizza oven to experience that unique and authentic old world style of pure pizza, The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company is the leader in home pizza ovens inspired by Italy that are made in America! Contact us today to learn more.

800-256-5534