Why Opt For an Outdoor Oven?
If you’re looking for ways to enhance your outdoor space and at the same time be able to cook your favorite pizza or roast lamb in your garden, then an outdoor oven might be the perfect way for you. Geoff Chilman of Perth’s Alfresco Wood fired Pizza Oven says “The whole family will love it,” and “The kids can make as much mess as they like because it’s outdoors, everyone can get involved in making pizzas, and the oven itself will really lift the look of your garden.” Chilman says that this type of oven represent a natural extension of Australians’ love of preparing and eating food outdoor. He also emphasized that these ovens are not just exclusively for making pizza – anything from meat to vegetables can be prepared from it, although these types of dishes must be covered from the intense heat with foils.
A properly maintained OUTDOOR OVENS can reach 350C. Pizza in this temperature will cook perfectly in just a couple of minutes. To get the temperature of your oven this high, the fire must be nurtured with right type of wood (hardwood). Geoff says “A good indication that you’ve reached 350C is when the burnt carbon from the previous fire has disappeared from the walls and roof of the oven.” These outdoor ovens can be acquired in variety of designs and sizes, and come either in kits or as pre-made. An outdoor pizza oven kit weighs around 100 kilograms, at most. While a pre-made pizza oven with one meter internal diameter will weigh over a ton, thus, it needs to be moved with a trolley, scissor lift or a crane, depending on the access space you have in your garden.
Geoof even adds that many outdoor ovens copied the designs of vintage ovens. But he also says that they can be customized for the customer – Chilman recently designed a volcano-shaped oven, armed with flashing lights to emulate lava flows. These outdoor ovens can stand alone, and can be installed into retaining walls or dividing walls, as long as there is a sufficient space. With this cooking device, you can accommodate your guests while cooking with them. This type of oven can also be moved form place to place using trolleys – this way you can find a perfect spot in your garden for whatever occasion you have. A small pre-made outdoor pizza oven (700 millimetres internal diameter with a weight of around 550 kilograms) might cost approximately $2800 and a larger model (one metre internal diameter with a weight of around 1100 kilograms) might cost approximately $3800. Kits often start at around $2000.
Processing your request, Please wait....
