Wood fired ovens comes in the list of cookware that dates centuries back. Introduced by the Romans these ovens form one of the devices that use charred wood fuel to cook the eatables. Here you can cook the food in basically two ways, in the first one you can actually cook over the burning wood while in the other you can use the heat from the fuel. In the other medium there is a separate heating chamber allocated in the oven which is used for cooking when the burned wood is swept out. Whatever the case might be but you may have experienced it too that the taste and finish that comes when you bake the items in the wood fired ones is definitely superior. In the case of pizzas it is even said that the one that comes through such ovens is the authentic one. Let us see what makes this difference.
When we say the word pizza the first thing that comes in our mind is Italy. It’s the place from where this dish got its roots from. Italians used to employ clay and brick employed wood fired pizza ovens to bake them. When we cook them over burning woods the temperature is comparatively uncontrolled if compared to the gas stove ones. This gives the base the classic crispiness. Moreover that authentic flavor comes from the smoke that arises from the burning fuel. It is that smoke and uneven heating that makes Italian pizzas the taste they have got. On the contrary if we use normal ovens to bake them that smoky flavor gets lost and therefore we feel that change in taste. You may have observed the same thing when you eat a barbequed roast rather than the one that comes cooked in the electric ones. The comparatively slower cooking gives the dish the desired tenderness that it requires.
If you are thinking of converting your backyard into a modular outdoor kitchens for little pizza parties then these wood fired ovens would suit you perfectly. You can find them made in cast iron with a dome in the market. They come with suitable accessories and can be fixed anywhere. You can cover the dome with any decorative masonry or can use different cabinets to fix them up.
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