Why Italian Wood-Fired Ovens are Round Newbie Forum Discuss Why Italian Wood-Fired Ovens are Round in the Good Background Information forums; That's my highly unscientific (SWAG) estimate. I took the number of ovens our producer has made over the past 30 ...

[james]

That's my highly unscientific (SWAG) estimate. I took the number of ovens our producer has made over the past 30 years (200K+), plus producers number 2-5, a guess at the rest of small oven producers, a guess at all of the handmade ovens, and all of the restaurant ovens. Like I said, not very scientific.

Don't forget that you can drive through large swatches of the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside, and just about every house has either an old original wood-fired oven (that supported the household) or a new one.

Fun, fun.

I wonder what the market penetration is in the U.S. for charcoal and propone grills?

James

[gjbingham]

James - probably about the same number as homeowners + 50% of renters. Probably a 50 million grills, give or take a a few million. I have 5 grills - soon to be six. Does that count as one or six?

[brokencookie]

Originally Posted by gjbingham

Does that count as one or six?

It depends upon how many are usable and how many are "yard art"

[gjbingham]

The reason for the numerous bbqs - mostly the joining of two families into one. Then there's the small one for tailgating parties, one for the beach cabin, and because I still fell inadequate, I still need a built-in for my upcoming outdoor kitchen. No dead soldiers lying around here. I should probably sell a couple of them in a garage sale! ......and that's why brick ovens are round!

[james]

You're telling me that BBQ's are like televisions. 3.2 per average household. :-)

I think the U.S. market penetration on wood-fired ovens is about .000001%. We have a lot of room for growth. Just think, if FB could reach the Italian market percentage, we could sell somewhere around 5 million ovens. Not bad!

James

[Xabia Jim]

Ok, when do we get to buy FB stock?

[gjbingham]

Not bad indeed! Keep spreading the word! I missed the recent replay of Good Eats, where Alton Brown does pizza - I've yet to see it. I think you should invite him up for a real pizza to display what a real pizza oven can do on Good Eats, Pizza II. That's how I'd recommend you spread the word.

BTW - we have 3 TVs inside, 5 in the garage (plus a couple of computer monitors), and one at the beach. All but the three inside are DTV capable. Sad, sad! A year from now, garbage!

[crowtrapper]

Fire bricks may be a standard building supply item in USA but they are WAY off the beaten track here in Australia. I live in one of Australia's largest inland cities (Albury) and no building supply places here have them at all. The nearest thing that is available is from a stove supplier and that is a firebrick that is 160mm x 260mm x20mm used for lining the hearth of a fireplace. No use for a dome unless cut up into smaller pieces. I have decided the only way to get the firebricks I need is to drive the 300km to Melbourne and collect them from an industrial area there.
Crowtrapper.

[glennb]

Crowtrapper,
You could just get them delivered from Melb.
There are suppliers as members of this forum who would be more than willing to look after you.

[exceloven]

Originally Posted by minnman

alot to learn.want to build one on a trailer.so will do alot of lurking. thanks again doug

Me too - taking my time to do it right - thanks for the info