The Wood-Fired Blog
Special: Lower Deposits Make Ordering Easier
Apr 17, 2020To help make ordering (and your cash flow) easier during this time, Forno Bravo has lowered the deposit needed to order a new oven to 25%. (Down from the usual 50%.) This is a limited time offer that we are extending during the crisis as a show of solidarity with our customers and friends in the wood fired community. Benefits This discounted deposit is a win-win deal for everyone. (1)... Read More
Maestro Vito Iacopelli Demonstrates Pizza Making in a Vesuvio Oven
Mar 20, 2020We’re channeling our inner Italian today by sharing this fun and informative video by Maestro Vito Iacopelli. Born in Bari, Italy, he currently hails from Los Angeles. The Maestro has made a great how-to video for preparing a pizza with organic purple potato cream sauce, mozzarella, sausage, fennel, and mushrooms using a friend’s wood and gas fired Vesuvio Maestro Vito has officially been a pizzaiolo since 1993, and a master chef... Read More
Pizza Party Primer
Dec 20, 2019One of the perks of owning a wood fired oven is hosting great gatherings. There is something primal in our spirits that draws people together around the heat and motion of the flames. Add in the delicious smells of the pizza, and the interactive nature of the preparation, and you have a guaranteed hit on your hands. …All that is a fancy way of saying, “IT’S PARTY TIME!” Keep reading... Read More
Wendy O’Neal and Around My Family Table – Casa2G Installation and Menu Ideas
Feb 26, 2019Meet Wendy O’Neal Originally from Texas, but now at home in Arizona, Wendy O’Neal is the creator of the Around My Family Table website. She is also a blogger, cookbook author, wife, stay-at-home mom of 2 children, and fan of all things chocolate. She loves creating family-approved, no-fuss recipes, and sharing travel and homemaking tips. New Culinary Adventures The newest addition to her outdoor kitchen and entertaining area is a... Read More
Family Photo Album – Forno Bravo Home Pizza Ovens
Aug 02, 2018Since launching our new tool for sharing photos and stories on the website a few months ago, we have been receiving some excellent shots of Forno Bravo ovens “in the wild.” The creative oven enclosures and outdoor kitchens/entertaining areas that our community members come up with continually amaze us! We hope these photos and testimonials inspire and delight you as much as they do us. Giardino70 Modular Kit – Natural Rock... Read More
Commercial Customers Utilize a Variety of Pizza Oven Styles and Business Models
Jul 06, 2018Forno Bravo makes Commercial Pizza Ovens for all kinds of businesses, from fully mobile operations to fast-casual pizzerias to high-end dining at a vineyard. In this blog, we’re going to visit with three owners who have each taken a different business path as they followed their passion for delicious food. Ultimately, all three made a Forno Bravo wood fired oven part of their journey. Read on to meet Diedra Keogh of... Read More
Bella Comes to Villa Esperanza
Jul 03, 2018Villa Esperanza, or “Village of Hope,” is a residential girls school in Managua, Nicaragua built by Forward Edge International in 2008. It is currently home to 30 vulnerable or abused girls, ages 8 – 19. Many of the girls previously lived in and around La Chureca, the 70-acre residential and industrial Managua city dump, a place marked by extreme filth, poverty, contaminated air, drug abuse, and sex trafficking. The Villa... Read More
2018 National Restaurant Association Show is a Wrap
Jun 06, 2018Booth #1068 in the South Hall of Chicago’s McCormick Place, the largest exhibit hall in the country, was our home for 4 days in May. Placed right near the escalators whisking people up from the registration area, it was a prime location to introduce thousands of attendees of the National Restaurant Association Show to Forno Bravo Pizza Ovens! People stopped to take pictures of our custom tiled Napoli120. When they... Read More
Maestro Istruttore Chef Leo Spizzirri Shows How It’s Done!
Jun 05, 2018Master Instructor Chef Leo Spizzirri wowed the crowds at the National Restaurant Association Show with his cooking demonstrations again this year. We were pleased to have him back at the Trade Show for a second time to show off our Napoli120 Wood and Gas Fired Pizza Oven, and the general possibilities of wood fired cooking in commercial settings, as well as home kitchens. Menus His menus were diverse, but two... Read More
