Why opt for an outdoor pizza oven?

If you’re looking for ways to enhance your outdoor space while still being able to cook your favorite pizza or roast lamb in your backyard, then an outdoor pizza oven could 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 a mess as much as they want because it’s outdoors, everyone can participate in the pizza making and the oven itself really It will lift the look of your yard.”

Chilman says this type of oven represents a natural extension of Australians’ love of preparing and eating food outdoors. He also emphasized that these ovens are not exclusively for making pizza, but that everything from meat to vegetables can be prepared in it, although these types of dishes must be covered with aluminum foil from the intense heat.

A well-maintained outdoor oven can reach 350C. Pizza at this temperature will cook perfectly in just a couple of minutes. For the temperature of your oven to be this high, the fire must be fed with the correct type of wood (hardwood).

Geoff says: “A good indication that it has reached 350°C is when the burnt carbon from the previous fire has disappeared from the walls and roof of the kiln.”

These outdoor pizza ovens can be purchased in a variety of designs and sizes, and come in kits or pre-built. An outdoor pizza oven kit weighs around 100 kilograms, maximum. Whereas a pre-made pizza oven with a meter internal diameter will weigh over a ton, therefore it needs to be moved with a cart, scissor lift or crane depending on the crawl space you have in your garden.

Geoof even adds that many outdoor ovens copied the designs of the old ovens. But he also says they can be customized for the client: Chilman recently designed a furnace in the shape of a volcano, armed with flashing lights to emulate lava flows.

These outdoor pizza ovens can stand alone and can be installed in retaining walls or partition walls, as long as there is enough space. With this kitchen device, you can accommodate your guests while cooking with them. This type of oven can also be moved from one place to another with carts; This way, you can find a perfect spot in your garden for whatever occasion you have.

A small pre-built outdoor pizza oven (700 millimeters internal diameter with a weight of about 550 kilograms) could cost approximately $2,800 and a larger model (one meter internal diameter with a weight of about 1,100 kilograms) could cost approximately $3800. Kits often start at around $2,000.