The Wood-Fired Blog
New Datasheet Format and New Datasheets
Mar 05, 2014We have significantly improved the format for our data sheets and published the first three — the Casa2G, Premio2G and Giardino. The three residential modular oven kits that we manufacture. I am excited, and happy, at how these look. There a number of improvements. The new datasheets look a lot better, and we worked hard to make them thorough and clear. Our ovens have a number of clear advantages over... Read More
The Biggest Forno Bravo Photo Competition Ever
Mar 02, 2014We just posted the newest submissions for the Winter 2014 Forno Bravo Photo Competition, and I am happy to say that this is our best contest ever — both in terms of quantity and quality. I want to thank everyone who sent us their photos, and let you know that we will be taking new submissions for at least a couple more weeks. You can find the contest by clicking... Read More
The Forno Bravo Newsletter Is Out Today
Feb 26, 2014The Forno Bravo Newsletter Is Out Today! We sent out the February 2014 FB Wood-Fired Newsletter today, which contained the new Roma commercial pizza oven (more to come on that), a Pizza Quest video, and the Winter 2014 (Snow!) photo competition. If you haven’t read your copy yet, check your inbox. You can also find this month’s newsletter, and all the back issues by clicking Fornobravo.com/newsletter. You can sign up here... Read More
Bread Photos. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Feb 24, 2014I’ve been baking bread for years and years. It was my baking and building hobbies that led me to start Forno Bravo in the first place (those many years ago). So I am happy to say that my baking has continued to improve in the past months and that my bread oven is a lot better than it was 10 years ago. Which doesn’t mean that I still don’t make... Read More
Artistic Wood-Fired Oven Picture
Feb 23, 2014You will probably recognize the Bovina, NY location from a previous photo of a wood-fired oven, but I think this is a very well executed photograph. Nice! The second photo is “winter roast bird, ala snow shovel”. That’s serious wood-fired cooking! 🙂 Read More
Winter 2014 Snow Best Pizza Oven Competition Photos
Feb 21, 2014Here is the page with the first great photos of the best pizza oven, snow and fire. Thanks for everyone’s submissions so far — we have some wonderful photos. But, I would not that we don’t have one of a person standing in the freezing cold making a great Pizza Napoletana. Best Pizza Oven Images, click the link below to check them out. Winter 2014 Pizza Oven Photo Competition This... Read More
Snow, Snow, Snow. And Fire
Feb 20, 2014We are getting some wonderful photos of snow, outdoor pizza ovens, and even some fire. And we have reports from the even hard core wood-fired chefs who have not used their ovens this winter for the first time ever. Ouch. Keep the photos coming, and I will start posting them as they come in on www.fornobravo.com tomorrow! Hang in there pizza oven lovers. Spring must be out there somewhere. ... Read More
A Bit More on Folding, Bread-Baking Technique
Feb 19, 2014Here are some fun resources on bread molding, my newest bread-baking technique. 100% Whole Wheat Bread that Doesn’t Suck I have always really liked this one. There is even a technical thread on Stack Exchange, a user group for computer programmers. Fun stuff. Stretch and Fold vs. Kneading Read More
Back to Bread; Folding-a bread baking technique
Feb 18, 2014My bread baking skills are slowly improving, which is a good thing for all — for me and the family. I have learned a handful of new skills over the past few months, including temperature control, long (24 to 48 hour) fermentation, builds and folding. On folding, I started baking when you were supposed to punch down the dough after the bulk fermentation. The idea was to push out some... Read More
