Pizza Oven
2020 Summer Photo Contest Sampler
Jul 23, 2020Kits, tiled, stucco, and stone! We have received oven photos of them all as part of this summer’s photo contest. It’s not too late to participate! The photo submission deadline is Friday, July 31, 2020 and we’ll announce our winners in the August newsletter. We are giving away 3 prizes to the top 3 photos. Winners can choose one option from 3 quality accessories for their oven: a steel Tuscan... Read More
EF1 Tornado Couldn’t Topple a Forno Bravo Oven
Jun 22, 2020Over the memorial day weekend, life got “interesting” for Billy Bradley and the residents of San Antonio, TX. An EF1 Tornado hit the NW side of the city, bringing with it heavy rain and 100 MPH winds, knocking over trees, and causing property and roof damage, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) for San Antonio. It also did quite a bit of damage to Billy’s back yard. The tornado... Read More
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 Ovens Go To School
Mar 20, 2020With a renewed focus on the value of the trades, more schools are incorporating the culinary arts into their curriculum. Cooking teaches incredible skills across disciplines in a unique, organic (and delicious) way. Just some of the disciplines and skills involved are math, chemistry, history, sociology, communications, business, fine motor control, creativity, planning, and organization. Forno Bravo is excited to have worked with several schools across the country to place... Read More
Feast of the 7 Fishes – An Italian-American Christmas Eve Tradition with a Wood Fired Twist
Dec 19, 2019Food, faith, and place have been inextricably and deliciously intertwined throughout history. One example is the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Traceable back to Southern Italian immigrants in New York as early as the 1800’s, this grand Christmas Eve meal exclusively features seafood and its accompanying dishes. While a common occurrence within the Italian-American community, and in Italy in general, the name of the feast has only been popularized more... Read More
Chefs Rock Forno Bravo Napoli Ovens at the 2019 Las Vegas Pizza Festival
Dec 19, 2019Check out the video from the Las Vegas Pizza Festival and enjoy a taste of the action! The Show The inaugural Las Vegas Pizza Festival in November was a big hit! Its industrial setting featured over 20 artisans slinging pies and 1,500+ people attending! Vegas has become known as a “foodie” town, with great chefs opening restaurants both inside and away from the casinos, but until now, the quality of... Read More
2019 Photo Review From Our Wood Fired Family
Dec 19, 2019As we wrap up 2019, we love looking back at the ‘family photo album’ and samples of the wonderful, wood fired shots and stories sent to us this year by the community of Forno Bravo owners and oven builders. Here are just a few of the many terrific submission we received through our contests, Facebook page, and Photo Gallery link. Our oven lines are so diverse, and our owners and... Read More
The Crawford’s Napolino Food Extravaganza
Sep 26, 2019Alan and Shelly Crawford, of the greater Sacramento, CA area, purchased a Napolino60 wood fired oven for their outdoor kitchen back in 2018. They chose a custom tile pattern in red, black and grey, and added a “C” front and center to represent their family name. They may have started with making (somewhat) basic pizza in their oven, but they immediately began to up their cooking game! Alan is a... Read More
