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Pizza Peels 101
Aug 03, 2018Wood fired cooking has been around for centuries, and the tools for getting food into and out of a hot, deep oven without burning yourself have developed right along with it. Pizza peels epitomize of this kind of tool. They are truly a case of form following function. Our current word, peel, is derived from the French word Pelle, meaning “shovel.” The original simple wooden peels were easy to carve, inexpensive, and did not... Read More
2018 Summer Recipe Contest Extended, Plus First Round Entries
Aug 02, 2018The 2018 Summer Recipe Contest launched a few weeks ago and a few bold souls have sent in their creations for us to try. Their dishes look fabulous! So far we have entries in the pizza, main dish, and dessert categories. We’ve decided to extend the deadline for another month to try to give the competition a bit more time to get their entries turned in. Remember these recipes can be for... 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
June 2018 | No. #109; Trade Show Wrap Up, Chef Leo’s Demo, Casa2G Tree Oven Build, Chef Vito’s Recipes, Casa2G Kit with Gas
Jun 15, 2018We’re excited to be back from the National Restaurant Association Trade Show and are roaring head long into the summer build season! For those of you who already have an oven, we’d love to hear your unique story. If you’re in the process of planning your home or restaurant build, feel free to use our selection wizard and reach out with any questions. This issue of the Wood Fired Newsletter... 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
A Tree Grows in Wyoming
Jun 05, 2018What do you get when you combine a master craftsman from Wyoming and a Forno Bravo Casa2G90 Pizza Oven Kit? Magic! …and trees. Luke Bennett is with Accent Masonry, a family-owned business out of Gillette, Wyoming that has been in business 23 years. A lot of thought, planning, long hours, and an artist’s vision went into this build. He dreamed of completing a pizza oven sculptured piece that showed a... Read More
