Fontana Forni
Fontana Forni is an Italian maker of outdoor ovens fired by wood or gas, built to reach the high heat that bakes pizza fast and to roast and bake alongside a grill.
What Fontana Forni makes
Fontana Forni builds outdoor cooking ovens designed to run hot enough for true pizza baking and to handle bread and roasting as well. The line covers wood-fired and gas-fired ovens, and hybrid models that can run on either, in cart-mounted freestanding forms for a patio and built-in versions that set into an outdoor-kitchen island. Sizes range from compact ovens that bake one or two pizzas to larger chambers that hold several at once. The ovens are built from steel with insulated cooking chambers and a stone or steel baking floor, and they carry chimneys, doors, and temperature gauges for managing the fire. The brand sits in the outdoor-kitchen category next to grills and burners, aimed at homeowners who want a dedicated high-heat oven outdoors for pizza nights, roasts, and baked dishes. We confirm the specific model, fuel type, and mounting at the time of order.
Built for high-heat baking
The point of an oven like this is reaching and holding the high temperature that pizza needs, which a standard indoor oven cannot. Fontana Forni builds insulated steel chambers with a baking floor that stores heat, so once the oven is brought up to temperature it radiates steady heat from the floor and walls to bake a pizza in a couple of minutes with a crisp base and charred crust. Wood firing adds the smoke flavor and very high ceiling temperature associated with traditional pizza ovens, while the gas models trade some of that character for quicker, more controllable startup. Hybrid units let a cook choose fuel by the occasion. Beyond pizza, the retained heat suits bread, roasted meats, and baked vegetables as the oven cools through its range. The insulated build keeps the outside manageable while the chamber stays hot.
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Fontana Forni's wood and gas outdoor ovens are available to order from the line card.
Ask to see Fontana Forni's outdoor ovens at either DreamHome Appliance Group showroom.