real pizza, juicy and aromatic, on the thinnest batter with a crisp can be prepared, based on the best traditions of Italian recipes and using proprietary pizza oven. Selection of thermal equipment for the kitchen is quite wide.What type of furnace performance and preparation methods will achieve perfection taste the famous product?
Types of furnaces
With all the variety of recipes and ways of cooking pizza are two more conventionally known of its kind - Italian and American.In the preparation of each of them is necessary to observe a certain number of rules.This applies not only to the method of manufacture of preforms and to the ingredients, but also to the furnaces in which the pizza is baked.
among professional kitchen equipment to increase the efficiency and automation of processes in the kitchen in the main networks of restaurants and cafes offer basic types of ovens: wood, so-called Pompeian, electric and gas.Also, the furnace is classified on the basis of their work on the hearth and conveyor.
Before making a purchase, experts strongly advised to think through all the details, because the correct choice of oven will affect the quality of meals and the organization staff.
Wood stoves
classic and also the best option is considered to be a wood-burning pizza oven, also called Pompeii. Its design has been developed in the Apennine peninsula and was a semi-open center, which has been used solely for preparing food .The furnace is somewhat similar to a fireplace and consists of a hearth, which is usually made of fireclay brick or stone, and the dome or arch created in the form of a hemisphere of tapering brick rows.Such a wood-burning pizza oven can withstand high thermal loads, inside heated air masses circulate from the bottom up, that provides fast and efficient cooking.This process pizza takes about 3 minutes, the furnace temperature while 350-400 ° C.
used as fuel briquettes, charcoal, firewood, hardwood trees.For the heating furnace is required 40 to 60 minutes, during which time the temperature of it reaches 500 ° C.Then push the burning fuel to one of the walls of the furnace to ensure uniform thermal mass movement.Ready spread a layer of pizza directly on the floor of the furnace and in the process of preparing its turn a shovel specifically designed for the most uniform baking.
Classification of wood stoves
pizza oven with wood used since ancient times.It is considered the invention of the Italians, but these appliances were in use among the ancient Egyptians, and Turkic peoples.This is the classic way to prepare the inverse image of pizza - Burrito and fragrant homemade bread and other dishes.Today, it is believed that real pizza can be prepared only in a wood oven.Only now it has several variations and are classified according to the method of delivery, installation and capacity.
pizza oven can be delivered assembled and disassembled.The last option is useful for its installation in a particular room.It is assembled and sheathed already in place professional artists.
By type of installation of the furnace can be prepared and have a finished look, mobile, mounted on special trailers and used on-site holidays and other events, as well as embedded, usually made to order in a particular room pizzeria, restaurant or other places.Capacity of the kitchen equipments can be different and depends on the type of institution, its opportunities.Small cafe bought small stoves that are designed for the preparation of both the four pizzas with a diameter of 35 centimeters.To increase the efficiency of the processes used in the kitchen medium-capacity oven, allow to cook 10 pizzas, and more - from 12 or more.
advantages and disadvantages
Perhaps no one furnace will not achieve such a rapid effect, as the wood stove.Just a couple of minutes, get ready pizza, wrapped in a special fragrant smoke, giving it a unique taste savor.Yes, and according to experts, the real pizza comes only in wood-fired ovens, where it is baked on an open fire.
attractive appearance of equipment allows you to set the oven directly into the hall with visitors who can watch the cooking process rather spectacular favorite dishes.This oven does not require cost of electricity, gas, and has an accessible price range.
but can not be called cheap type of fuel used, especially in view of the time needed to heat the oven.Its dimensions are not always convenient.For a long time it was considered the main disadvantage of an outdoor fire, but by using Filter above the oven today is no longer a problem.
When choosing a wood-fired oven, experts advise to pay attention to its model, method of installation, the emission levels of combustion products.Price question largely depends on the choice of equipment.This can be a cost-effective option, and an oven rather expensive decoration of tiles or mosaics.
Hearth
If the furnace is purchased not for an expensive restaurant, but for a more modest establishments, experts advise to buy an analogue of a wood stove, which perform the role of fuel gas and electricity.This hearth pizza oven.According to professionals, it is more cost-effective option, which gives the ability to vary the ingredients and baking time.
name "hearth" is due to the ceramic hearth inside the equipment.The principle is based on the preparation mounted inside the working chamber of the heating elements having the form of tubes.It glows under and the top of the camera.It is an analogue of a wood stove, only in the form of fuel it uses gas or electricity.
Heat oven to 250 ° C exhibited by a thermostat.Pizza preparing for about 8 minutes.Such ovens may have one or several layers, which significantly affects performance.Stacked oven saves space in the room and increase the efficiency in the process of cooking.
Classification hearth furnaces
hearth furnace capacity are classified in the same way as wood.According to the number of levels they can be one-, two- and three-level.By type of power distinguish their electric and gas types.
Pros and cons
The main advantages of such industrial units are small size and low power consumption.Hearth differ in the internal volume of the cameras, which also serves as their dignity.You can choose the model under a certain size pizza, get your furnace capacity, depending on the number of seats in the pizzeria, etc.
only on the basis of feedback and expert advice on equipment pizzerias technological equipment, it is important to pay attention to when buying a hearth furnace lining on the camera and on the quality of the hearth.With the lack of its thickness, which often occurs in low-cost models, ceramic pie plate loosely fitted.This significantly degrades the quality of the baking.Pizza obtained volgloy and often burnt.
Experts recommend the more expensive models hearth furnaces, in particular furnace Cuppone.This Italian company produces equipment with a camera made of a material that imitates a stone, allowing to bake perfect pizza.Experts unanimously advised not to save on the stove, as it affects the future success of the institution.They also recommend to pay attention to the group of heating elements (heaters), separate adjustment of temperature.
undeniable advantage mnogoyarusovyh furnaces is the opportunity to continue working in the event of failure of one of the tiers of service before arrival or until the required replacement parts.Guest experts argue that it is an important advantage and, despite adequate performance even one chamber of the furnace hearth are advised to immediately acquire two compartment equipment.
furnaces specially designed heat-resistant glass, which is useful for tracking the process of baking.Under furnaces can be both top and bottom, is provided reasonably convenient solution and control of the front wall.
These advantages make this a very popular pizza oven.Price such equipment is also one of the advantages, as significantly different from the wood-burning stoves.Depending on the model, the availability levels, country of origin, it varies from 20 000 to 260 000 rubles.
Among the shortcomings of the furnace there is a low probability of heat protection and burning pizza vykladyvanii it directly to a machine.
Conveyor oven
In large pizzerias or network of pizzerias became very popular oven conveyor.For the pizza there is provided a container in which it is run on the one hand and on the other hand has taken ready.On average, the camera uses a temperature range from 220 ° C.Heat flows are distributed in the system automatically, preventing from burning pizza.She is preparing for about 8 minutes.
Unlike wood and hearth furnaces, conveyor equipment used convection heating and not direct infrared heat.
According to reviews by experts, conveyor ovens - an indispensable equipment for a network of pizzerias, especially those in the busiest place.With a constant stream of visitors simply need to comply with this basic requirement is to obtain products, unified by type, type, size, number of fillings.With this purpose perfectly cope conveyor oven, which need only be programmed for each specific type of product.
Classification conveyor ovens
Conveyor furnace is distinguished by high productivity.Small equipment able to give 12 hours ready pizzas, average - up to 20 pizzas.Large furnace respectively issued in the same period from 20 dishes.
By type of food, as well as baking ovens, they are gas and electric.A method of installation - floor and table.
What are the advantages and disadvantages
Among the advantages of conveyor ovens stand out even heating and baking, high performance.Of the shortcomings of the equipment should be noted its large size, high cost and high power consumption.
Of all the types of furnaces work on conveyor equipment from the pizza maker does not require special expertise.This is the simplest pizza oven.The electric model at the same time it is considered to be more practical and does not require a gas supply.However, gas ovens are considered more economical.
How not to make the wrong choice?
When selecting a set of necessary equipment, experts advise to pay particular attention to the furnace.Correctly pick its capacity hard enough, so it is important to consider the planned flow of visitors, the size of pizzas and its appearance, the type of sales - whether the pizza is cooked to order and served directly in the room.
Main, experts say, choosing a pizza oven, a start in the first place of the concept of institution.For the economy, fast food is no cause for particular concern.If it's a good restaurant, it is necessary to select it and the corresponding class of equipment.
Next you need to determine the type of pizza.For US and Canadian pizzas suitable equipment with low-temperature.For classic Italian pizza choice of equipment with high mode, which provides, for example, wood-burning oven.But do not forget that they require considerable skill pizzaiolo.The process of baking in such furnaces is short, but requires special attention, agility, skill and knowledge to keep the fire of other nuances of pizza production.
more individual approach to the choice of the country of origin.Pizza ovens are doing all around the world.Many restaurateurs traditionally prefer the Italian producers, including the most popular Morello Formi, GAM, Frosty, Pizza Group, GGF, Apach, OEM, Sirman, Fimar, Pavesi and others.
Reviews Experts say that it is always better to give preference to high-quality equipment from well-known manufacturers, to the same time-tested.For example, for seasonal cafes, restaurants, a pizza with an assortment of their dishes, the ideal solution would be pizza oven Gam.Compact models of this brand can save kitchen space, and install the equipment directly in the room, carrying the pizza in front of customers.
According to professionals, do a good job with their task and German manufacturers Mastro, Bartscher, American Lincoln, Baker Pride, Turkish SGS, Euro Gastro Star, OZTI, Bartscher.
Its "pizzeria" in the garden
Nowadays you can see a lot of good examples of successful location street area for cooking in private homes and cottages.Where you can cook barbecue, fresh bread, various casseroles, and of course, pizza.To create such a zone resort to the help of professionals, and often using the instructions and videos on the site, create a pizza oven with his own hands.
The most common option is considered to be a clay oven.For its creation, consider the size, all well-calculated and begin to prepare the ground.The furnace itself is made of refractory material - adobe, firebrick.The assembly can be set to start with the arched doorway of reclaimed red brick and clay-sand mixture.Particular attention is paid to drawing in an oven.
Tips and tricks for the construction of a clay oven can be found in the book of the well-known builder of such equipment Kiko Denzer «Build Your Own Earth Oven».
