A wood fired oven is used only to make pizzas and bake breads. It is made of clay adobe, refractory firebricks or refractory concrete [heat resistant mix from ingredients that can endure high heat situations]. An added advantage of this oven is you do not have to clear the grease because the grease naturally gets burned in the oven's hearth.

How To Work In Wood Fired Oven?
When you want to work in the wood fired oven, first build a fire inside the oven. The burning fire gives out heat, which is absorbed by the oven walls. After this, the inside dome chamber is heated and you can cook your foods. However, even after the cooking is over, you can still keep the fire burning gently for a long time without any danger.

Important Features Of Wood Fired Oven
The wood fired oven is your best choice when you want to cook pizzas or bake variety of breads. Following are some of the significant features of wood fired oven:

• It has a balanced alumina percentage that makes the oven strong and durable.
• It has appropriate opening size, which balances the need for visibility, functionality and thermal efficiency.
• It has unique natural acid resistant floor, which does not allow the acid from wood to destroy the oven floor and wall sides.
• It has Flue Location that prevents the smoke from rolling out of the oven.

Advantages Of Wood Fired Oven
The wood fired ovens have several advantages:

• Fast way of cooking - a pizza or a bread can be cooked in 2-3 minutes.
• Low maintenance, easy to install and durable.
• Ensures different cooking methods - stewing, frilling, smoking, roasting, baking and maintaining moisture and flavor.
• Uses wood, gas/wood combinations and gas.

When you want to buy a wood fired oven make sure the interior oven walls and overhead crown elements do not have any flat surfaces. The flat surfaces cause a "destructive interference" of the convection airflow system, which is very essential for excellent cooking. So it should have curved interior walls to help in perfect flow of convection airflow. This facility of the wood fired oven provides great smell and taste and retains nutrients of the food.

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