Professional Plus Wood Fired Pizza Oven with an Adjustable Height Stand - One Flat Cooking Surface™ - ilFornino®

So I've researched the heck of out wood fired pizza ovens. I originally wanted to build a brick oven. I live in Maine and a stone mason quickly talked me out of it. I hemmed and hawed over this model and a different brand that was more expensive and boasted a more "quality" weld. Other than the weld I didn't see much of a difference it products. So onto the review... hit the buy button and it arrived 3 business days later. I had my wife help me transfer it from the driveway to the back yard. The oven itself was heavy but we managed to get it on the stand without issue. I was initially concerned about the cooking stones catching on the peel but the big stone takes up most of the surface area so not an issue. I started a fire with seasoned oak and it took about 20 minutes to get up to 500 degrees. After that it hovered around 500-600 degrees despite me playing with the air intake, damper, adding logs, etc. So after 40 minutes I decided just to push the fired to the side and begin cooking. No regrets after the first pie came out. It cooked quick! Like 30 seconds. Thinking the thermostat was off (should get an Infrared). The next four pies were amazing. After dinner my wife wanted to cook some chicken breast for a lunch salad the next day. We put them in a Dutch oven with marinade and placed it in the ilFornino. Ten minutes later... so good!! I'll post subsequent experiences as we go.

The oven arrived in about two weeks. It came in immaculate condition and was simple to put together. The only thing you need to know before you put it together is to get the base of the oven to the right height before you put the oven on top and to install the temporary handles to lift the oven on top of the cart. Everything else is a breeze. Cooking in the oven is a lot of fun. After owning it for less than a week I had a large party and cranked out 36 pizzas in less than two hours. I was cooking the pizzas faster than they were being made. The pizza oven is huge hit at our house and the pizza it creates is far better than any pizza made in town.

Both the oven and cart are very well built and solid. Heavy gauge stainless and well insulated. It takes a good 10 minutes with a roaring fire for the outside to get too hot to touch. My oven reaches >700 degrees in about 30 minutes. Had some minor issues with shipping and accessories, but customer service was excellent and resolved the issues quickly. I would recommend purchasing a cleaning brush with a longer handle as the one supplied requires that your hand enter the oven to reach the back.