Investing in a good quality restaurant pizza oven is imperative to the efficient and timely operation of service at any restaurant. This goes without saying, but to make the best pizza it is important to use the best ingredients possible. Mixing fresh ingredients with a fantastic recipe can result in a mouth watering pizza. To bring it all together and produce the final product is where the oven comes in. There are several different types of restaurant pizza ovens that are available. Although they all are designed to cook a pizza there are several pros and cons to each oven. There are four main types of ovens that a pizza maker can use.
The first type of restaurant pizza oven is the brick pizza oven. Many prideful pizza makers feel as though the brick oven is the best way to cook a pizza. It is modeled after ancient bakery ovens and is powered by wood but gas and coal can also be used. Brick oven pizzas are best to emulate the traditional way of baking. The stone’s conduct heat, while the dome shaped top reflects the heat back at the pizzas. It can take anywhere from 90 seconds to 5 minutes to cook a pizza in a brick oven depending on the number of pizzas and the thickness.
Pizza deck ovens are the best alternative to a traditional brick oven pizza. The are ideal for pizza makers who want to have an authentic tasting brick oven pizza without the cost of installing and maintaining the brick oven. The pizza deck use either gas or electricity to heat stones inside them to cook pizza. Cooking time for a pizza in a pizza deck can range form six to eight minutes.
The third type of restaurant pizza oven is the convection oven. Pizza convection ovens are becoming an attractive option to many as they use less energy and cook a pizza in less time while still maintaining the traditional pizza taste. Convection ovens are heated by a fan in the back of the oven that spreads the heat across the pizzas. It can cook a pizza in five to six minutes at 460 degrees Fahrenheit, a lower temperature than other pizza ovens.
The final type of oven is a conveyor pizza oven. A conveyor oven is smaller than a typical oven and is perfect for a restaurant that does not serve a high volume of pizza. It can also be used to toast sandwiches, and cook anything that is small enough to fit through the opening. Generally conveyor ovens use either gas or electricity to heat them, and can cook a pizza in four to five minutes.
Depending on the needs of the restaurant and pizza maker there are different options to satisfy different needs. Even if it is not possible to install a brick oven pizza, it is still possible to get an authentic brick oven pizza taste from the other ovens that are available.