Kitchen Luxuries: The Pizza Oven

Wood-burning ovens and Pizza are a favorite addition to luxury kitchens nowadays. Few meals beat the taste of a totally crisp pizza pie from one of these ovens, and they bake everything from bread into poultry, which makes them an incentive cooking center to your dream kitchen. In cold weather you can just start a flame and invite family and friends over to unwind while you cook in the front of the open fire pit.

Can a pizza oven be right for your next kitchen?

Applegate Tran Interiors

Ovens require careful planning and meticulous attention to detail. They require a concrete foundation to support the weight of the stone around the oven, which is a project best left to an expert mason. The oven’s inside ought to be produced from clay-fired bricks to stand up to high temperatures and hold the heat nicely. The exterior could be produced of any other fireproof material.

Ford Creative Group

Here a traditional stone outside complements the warm tones of this kitchen cabinetry.

Billy Beson Company

I really like this wood countertop has a few windows for visual interest when the oven is fired up.

TEA2 Architects

If you have a tendency to do larger meals or a lot of bread baking, then a rectangular oven provides more room for batch cooking and baking.

The French Tradition

Although you have to wait around for the oven to heat up, once it’s in full cooking style, your meals will really cook much faster. Plus, it offers the bonus of radiant heating.

I recommend including a space below the oven to store wood and kindling.

Veranda Homes

It generally takes one hour to one hour and a half to get a wood-fired oven to reach its optimal temperatures. A traditional stainless steel thermometer can help you discover the exact temperature; a few models come with temperature gauges. Keep in mind that you will want doors or some type of barrier before the fire to assist you get an accurate reading.

Paradise Restored Landscaping & Exterior Design

When the oven is heated, the heat is saved in the walls and radiates evenly round the inside dome. The flooring of the oven stays a few degrees cooler, which helps give pizzas a crispy exterior and a soft inside.

Don’t forget to obtain a pizza paddle!

Visbeen Architects

Custom pizza ovens are a large investment of money and time. If you need one built onsite, you will want to account for labour, material choice and the necessary chimney and enthusiast (which may add another $2,000 to the price). Overall I find these to be equal in price to some custom wood-burning fireplace.

There are portable and modular wood-burning-oven kits, which supply the same performance with no custom look. These kits have a tendency to vary from $6,500 to $13,000, depending on the dimensions and material.

Southview Design

If you don’t have the option to include a indoor wood-burning oven, then consider carving out a little bit of space at the yard to build a more compact version.

Whether or not you decide on an indoor or outdoor pizza oven, check the local building codes and talk with the building inspector prior to starting your project. Some municipalities do not allow exterior fireplaces or wood-burning ovens.

Can you have a indoor pizza oven? Please let’s your favourite way to use it in the Comments section below!

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