Wood fired pizza ovens are, quite simply, ovens that have a wood-burning fire that are used to cook pizzas. It’s the most traditional way to cook pizza, and probably the most efficient and environmentally friendly way to cook it as well – there’s no gas or electricity being consumed, just wood being burned.
Wood fired pizza ovens were originally made out of clay or any other naturally sourced material. Today they come in a whole range of designs, sizes and materials, but their original premise still remains – to cook pizza as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Most wood fired pizza ovens are today made out of refractory fire bricks, clay adobe or refractory concrete, a heat-resistant mix that can withstand extremely high temperatures. And in a wood fired pizza oven, it would have to.
As you might expect, wood fired pizza ovens are powered by a wood fire that’s built inside the oven itself. The walls quickly absorb the heat, and soon the pizza oven becomes white-hot. Once the oven is hot enough, the fire is allowed to burn down to get to just the right temperature.
The temperature inside the wood fired pizza oven can be as high as 800⁰F or 425⁰C, the perfect temperature to make thin and crispy pizzas as quickly as possible. Indeed, at that temperature a pizza will be cooked in 90 seconds, but pizzas can be equally tasty when the temperature drops.
It isn’t only pizzas that can be cooked in a wood fired pizza oven. Although ideal to cook pizzas in because of its design, efficiency and high temperatures, it can also cook bread, cakes, roasts, or indeed anything that you could need! After the temperature is allowed to cool down a bit, any number of dishes can be created in a wood fired pizza oven.
Best of all, wood fired pizza ovens are particularly economical. Once the dome of the oven has been heated sufficiently, there can easily be enough heat radiating to cook pizzas for the whole day, perfect in a pizza restaurant. They’re equally as popular at home, with many people choosing to install wood fired pizza ovens in their very own kitchens.
Wood fired pizza ovens are one of the best and most traditional ways to cook great tasting pizzas. They’re easy to use, economical, and the grease that usually comes from cooking will never need cleaning, it simply burns away in the ovens hearth. To cook great pizzas, getting a wood fired pizza oven is definitely recommended.
