Pizza Ovens

Designing and constructing authentic Italian Pizza Ovens

When Sal Pilato first started building and reconstructing ovens, pizza oven kits were not around. There are number of kits that are fired by gas or wood-pellets. Of course, we are partial to wood-fired cooking and hand-built with a firebrick dome. We believe that most of the kits are not as attractive or nearly as durable as a custom oven built with natural stone, brick and/or stucco.

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Pride of owning an oven starts with designing an oven to clients’ taste and according to the aesthetic of their home. One particular client, in a tree-lined colonial-era home envisioned an oven built with native field stone. Another client in a newly built seaside home inspired us to design an oven with clean lines and a uniform color. She chose flagstone cladding for a unique, outdoor kitchen and wood burning pizza oven. A client who favored country French bread baking wanted a rustic, Northern European stucco oven in his lush home garden. Another project used river rock for both a polished, yet natural aesthetic.

While the aesthetics may vary, our ovens have a few predominant qualities:

  • We build ovens with insulated firebrick domes designed for quality heat retention
  • Our material selection and craftsmanship ensure a durable wood-burning oven
  • Our oven floors are made out of firebrick rather than refractory cement, enforcing its proper engineering and durability
  • We design and build custom ovens with dome proportions suitable to clients’ individual needs