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New Forno Bravo Outdoor Fireplace

May 23, 2012

Can you leak photos of a new and not yet released, or announced product on your own web site? haha. I guess you can’t call it a leak. Anyway, this is the base of a new outdoor fireplace that we are working on. There will be many more details to come and we will keep you in the loop as this comes together. It’s exciting, and I think it is... Read More

Free Stuff

May 19, 2012

Facebook went public yesterday, and there a couple of things that stood out for me. With a market capitalization of $104B, larger than both Amazon.com, and McDonalds, and 900 million users (a significant percentage of the population of the planet with access to a computer) the company has clearly been an incredible success. As an aside, from an investor’s perspective, the Facebook IPO demonstrates how important it is in today’s... Read More

Innovating the Outdoor Fireplace: Part 3

May 17, 2012

I have been writing about ways that Forno Bravo can develop an outdoor fireplace that is both easy to set up and also looks like a real, site-built masonry outdoor fireplace. Here is a graphical view of how these layers might look. Read More

Where Forno Bravo is Going

May 12, 2012

Tim Cook, president of Apple, back in January 2009: “We believe in the simple, not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution.” Read More

3 Unexpected Reasons to Have an Outdoor Fireplace

May 12, 2012

From Houzz.com. And the three unexpected reasons to have an outdoor fireplace are: 1. A vertical focal point. 2. Structure and definition. 3. Light and warmth. One thing I like about the article is the introduction—which sounds very similar to my Outdoor Fireplace posting the other day (cool spring days). Having trouble heading back inside as sunny spring days turn cold at sunset? Outdoor fire features are a great way... Read More

A Different Kind of Outdoor Living Space

May 12, 2012

This from the Chicago Tribune. Outdoor spaces becoming hot destinations for homeowners I would rather have an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven and a fireplace—but did you notice the train set? Read More

Innovating the Outdoor Fireplace: Part 2

May 11, 2012

Today I want to add more information to my previous posting on Innovating the Outdoor Fireplace by adding a parallel between the outdoor pizza oven and the outdoor fireplace. If you were to flash back four years, before Forno Bravo introduced the Primavera series (and later the Andiamo series) ovens, you would see a pizza oven market dynamic similar to today’s outdoor fireplace market. Not only had Forno Bravo not... Read More

Innovating the Outdoor Fireplace

May 10, 2012

I’ve been thinking about outdoor fireplaces a lot recently. There is something about fire on a cool spring evening with the fog rolling in (we live near the ocean) that is really great. That, and I’ve been using my outdoor pizza oven quite a bit recently, and I’ve been moving the fire and coals from the oven to my outdoor fireplace when it comes time to bake bread. Hey, it’s... Read More

Why Blog

Mar 28, 2012

We have a number of different ways of communicating with our community of customers, dealers, Pompeii oven builders, partners, and friends. Fornobravo.com itself is a labor of love, as much as it is a company website, and we also have the FB Forum, the Wood-Fired Newsletter, the Community Cookbook, FB FAQ, Facebook, YouTube, and we host Peter’s wonderful Pizza Quest. Why blog? My response is that I am often struck... Read More

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