SAFETY
Precautions in the use of a wood-burning pizza oven.
The wood burning pizza oven is a device that contains combustions in a restricted area and allows cooking food at the same time; it is not a heater or an industrial oven. Because the fire burns oxygen, the pizza oven must be located in a place where the air can freely access; if it is indoor there must be an open window or door. The oven produces exhaust fumes and MUST be connected to a flue that disperses the fumes in the outside air. Even if the combustion is restricted inside, this system is not isolated from the external environment. That means that some precautions must be taken. Here few important, but not all, safety precautions to follow:
This is not a complete list of precautions; it indicates only the more common mistakes to avoid.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRANSPORT OR MOVE A PIZZA OVEN?
Yes, it is possible, but not always. The oven must be built with the intent of eventually transporting it. That means a metal reinforced basement where to place the oven. If the basement needs a decoration, the metal base must be designed to hold its weight as well. Of course, it will be necessary to access the pizza oven with a forklift.
And what if the use of a fork lift it is not allowed (e.g. the oven is located on a second floor of a building, or inside a kitchen of a restaurant)?
In this case the oven, at the time of building, must be realized with 5 or more pre-built units. In this way we have a mandatory size corresponding to the standard size of the prefabricated pieces: inside Ø134cm, outside 180X190cm. Before moving, the oven will be semi destroyed. The five or more prefabricated pieces will be recovered and moved to the new location together with the metal base, that will be disassembly and reassembly. The floor of the oven, the insulation and the cover will be lost for ever, and rebuilt in the new location.
CAN A PIZZA OVEN BE PLACED ON A SHIP?
Yes, the pizza oven can be built with some arrangement to be placed in use on a passenger ship.
CAN I USE GAS AND WOOD TOGETHER?
Yes, first be sure that the flue is not connected with other flues of the kitchen, bindeed must be dedicated only to the pizza oven. Then you can use the gas system and add one or two pieces of wood at a time. You don't need to try to manually ignite the wood, the heat from the gas will slowly put the wood on fire.
Should I follow some precautions if use gas and wood together?
Yes:
Precautions in the use of a wood-burning pizza oven.
The wood burning pizza oven is a device that contains combustions in a restricted area and allows cooking food at the same time; it is not a heater or an industrial oven. Because the fire burns oxygen, the pizza oven must be located in a place where the air can freely access; if it is indoor there must be an open window or door. The oven produces exhaust fumes and MUST be connected to a flue that disperses the fumes in the outside air. Even if the combustion is restricted inside, this system is not isolated from the external environment. That means that some precautions must be taken. Here few important, but not all, safety precautions to follow:
- Never operate this appliance unattended
- Never operate this appliance within 10 ft (3.0 m) of any easily combustible material or gas cylinder
- Never operate this appliance within 25 ft (7.5 m) of any flammable liquid
- Never allow oil or grease to start smoking, in that case, remove it from the oven
- The flue must be checked every 3 months and eventually clean up
- Never install shrinkage in the flue that must have the same diameter all the way till out
- Never install a valve on the flue
- If the flue is connected to a blower the blower must suitable for this kind of oven
- If the blower disperses too much heat from the oven slow down the speed of the oven but NEVER obstruct or reduce the flue diameter
- Never close the oven door when there is flame and not even when there is smoke to avoid the accumulation of not yet combusted smokes
- If the oven does not start don’t force it with artificial fire, check the electric connection and the access of the air to the gas system, and check the gas valve
- Keep the area around the gas system free from dust
This is not a complete list of precautions; it indicates only the more common mistakes to avoid.
Yes, it is possible, but not always. The oven must be built with the intent of eventually transporting it. That means a metal reinforced basement where to place the oven. If the basement needs a decoration, the metal base must be designed to hold its weight as well. Of course, it will be necessary to access the pizza oven with a forklift.
And what if the use of a fork lift it is not allowed (e.g. the oven is located on a second floor of a building, or inside a kitchen of a restaurant)?
In this case the oven, at the time of building, must be realized with 5 or more pre-built units. In this way we have a mandatory size corresponding to the standard size of the prefabricated pieces: inside Ø134cm, outside 180X190cm. Before moving, the oven will be semi destroyed. The five or more prefabricated pieces will be recovered and moved to the new location together with the metal base, that will be disassembly and reassembly. The floor of the oven, the insulation and the cover will be lost for ever, and rebuilt in the new location.
CAN A PIZZA OVEN BE PLACED ON A SHIP?
Yes, the pizza oven can be built with some arrangement to be placed in use on a passenger ship.
CAN I USE GAS AND WOOD TOGETHER?
Yes, first be sure that the flue is not connected with other flues of the kitchen, bindeed must be dedicated only to the pizza oven. Then you can use the gas system and add one or two pieces of wood at a time. You don't need to try to manually ignite the wood, the heat from the gas will slowly put the wood on fire.
Should I follow some precautions if use gas and wood together?
Yes:
- Never let the wood touch the burners
- Keep the wood at least 15cm from the burners
- Keep the wood free of dust (clean at the end or before starting a service)
- Do not put too much wood or wood too big; 2 pieces at a time
- Do not throw the wood, place it gentle
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Reinforced metal support for a movable pizza oven
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Bricks walls built on metal base
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The oven is disassembled to be reassembled in the new location
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Pre build pizza ovens look very similar to the one in bricks