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Wood Fired Cooking

Wood Fired Cooking Resources for Your Brick Oven

Wood fired cooking takes us back to a simpler and more primitive time. Fire has been a friend and tool for millennia. Forno Bravo brick ovens combine this classic form of cooking with modern advances in insulation and refractory technology to produce sophisticated ovens for a new generation. They are fast heating to high temperatures for incredible pizza, but also able to release that heat slowly and steadily for hours afterward to give you a chance to try many other techniques and creations.

Learning to work your fire, oven, tools, and recipes to achieve the best results under new conditions can involve a bit of a learning curve. Explore the sections below for tips from the community, our master chefs, staff, and other professionals on a variety of cooking and baking topics. Strengthened with your new knowledge and skills, you’ll be the hot spot and hero of your neighborhood in no time at all — serving delicious pizza, bread, and many other dishes to rave reviews from your family and friends! Let’s get cooking!

 

Cooking Fundamentals for Brick Ovens

Getting Started with Wood Fired Cooking

Cast Iron Pan in Wood Fired Oven

Brick Oven Cooking Techniques

Baking, grilling, roasting, or warming — these ovens do it all! But how? And what temps? Read on to expand your skills beyond just pizza making to make full use of your wood fired oven for flexible cooking.

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Using Pizza Peels

Using Pizza Peels and Other Tools

Pro-level homemade pizza needs pro-tools to achieve great results. Pizza peels are one of those purpose-designed, specialty tools that do just that. Aluminum or wood, short handled or long, explore the different styles of peels and how to work your dough like a true pizzaiolo!

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Forno Bravo Community Cookbook Recipes

Community Cookbook and Wood Fired Recipes

The Community Cookbook is packed with over 200 delicious recipes from our professional Chef’s Panel and community contributors that are tested and perfected for use in wood or gas fired brick ovens. In this section, you can also access our many eBooks full of excellent wood fired recipes and tips.

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More Favorite Cooking Resources

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Making Pizza

Baking Bread in a Brick Oven

  • Learn how to make several styles of Hearth Bread in your brick oven in this baking sequence including Whole Wheat, Baguette, Ciabatta, Pane Pugliese, and more!
  • Check out this second collection at Forno Bravo’s Bread Central covering more techniques, flatbread, and hearth bread variations!
  • Tips for creating Steam in a Brick Oven to produce a superior crust;
  • Download more details and baking ideas in Forno Bravo’s free Wood Fired Bread eBook.

Wood and Fire Management

Ingredients and Fun Food Facts

This section takes you deeper into the production and nuances of the many flavors and ingredients used to take your pizza to the next level! Enjoy photo journals and informative articles on all of your favorite foods.

Stainless Steel Oven Cooking

Cooking with Pizza Stones

Tech Talk - Brick Oven Science





Learning & Support

Additional cooking topics and resources to improve your skills

Forno Bravo Expo with Pizza Quest

Pizza Quest FB Expo

Forno Bravo’s YouTube channel is a great visual resource for information and demonstrations on how to cook with your wood and gas fired ovens. Other videos include maintenance and recipe videos for pizza oven enthusiasts.

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Forno Bravo Forum

Forum

Inspiring the world with DIY pizza ovens, Forno Bravo’s free online Forum has over 26,000 registered users. Sharing DIY pizza oven installations worldwide, a fantastic resource for the do-it-yourselfer.

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Forno Bravo Expo with Pizza Quest

FAQ’s

Search here to find information, reference materials, and detailed articles on common questions and topics – from installation to product support and warranties.

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