Dinner With An Outdoor Wood Fired Pizza Oven – Fontana Countertop Stainless Steel Oven

Outdoor-Wood-Fired-Pizza-Oven2Dinner With An Outdoor Wood-Fired Pizza Oven is perfect for the pizza enthusiast!  If you are, here is a way to indulge in Italian-flavored pizza direct from your own backyard.  Fontana Forni is taking the homemade pizza experience to new heights by way of the most premium outdoor ovens on the market.  Their ovens boast elements such as 12 centimeters of natural rock-spun wool insulation, cast iron, and three-millimeter-thick stainless steel. Fontana Forni’s ovens and pizza oven kits are 100% genuine Italian products.  Made by master craftsmen who fuse the finest in old-world craftsmanship with modern ease of use.  This ultimately results in ovens that take advantage of a traditional vault shape, double-forced ventilation system, three-surface refraction, and innovative “total fire” structure for uniform heat distribution.

Fontana Forni Wood Fired Stainless Steel Ovens

Fontana Forni was started in 1946 by the Fontana brothers; Bruno, Carlo, and Guiseppe.  They have been manufacturing high-quality ovens for over 70 years. Three generations of Fontanas are now involved in producing top-class reliable ovens for all cooking types.

The Fontana Forni product line includes indoor and outdoor ovens, barbecues, and grills, all manufactured to the highest quality in San Lorenzo by Italian craftsmen. There is even a new hybrid fuelled oven, the Piero. Powered by both gas and wood, the Piero is the first of a new generation of high-performance outdoor ovens giving the “Chef” a choice of fuels. If time is short, then gas power can be used with a 10-minute “up to temperature” performance, or if time is a little less critical, then wood can be used for the fully authentic traditional Italian outdoor cooking experience.

The Fontana family is proud to be synonymous with the only wood-fired oven on the market today that combines the finest old-world Italian craftsmanship with the best that modern technology offers in convenience and refinement.

Outdoor-Wood-Fired-Pizza-Oven1Expand Cooking Beyond The Grill

Backyard grills are great, but now it’s the time to experience the excitement of a new way to cook. Impress your friends and surprise your family with delicious new meals. Our wood-fired ovens are perfect for pizza, bread, chicken, steaks, or anything you can cook in an oven but better!

Your wood brick oven works just like a traditional oven, only with wood. With the wood kept off to one side, the interior heats to a cooking temperature in about 30 minutes.

Dinner With An Outdoor Wood Fired Pizza Oven

Pizza is the type of meal that brings people together. With an outside brick oven from Gappsi, you can now enjoy more quality time with your loved ones. We offer a range of outstanding options such as the

It has never been easier to enjoy the joys of a brick oven outdoor setting with your friends and loved ones. Elevate your backyard wood-fired pizza oven with accessories such as wood holders, dough trays, and more for the full experience.

Pizza Oven – FAQs

  1. How long does it take to heat up a brick oven?
    • It usually takes up to 1 hour to fully heat up a wood-fired pizza oven. However, this does depend on the size and design of your pizza oven, the wood used, and the weather outside. Smaller ovens can be heated up in 40 minutes, larger ovens could take as long as 2 hours or even more to heat up to the right temperature.
  2. What is the best wood for a wood-fired pizza oven?
    • The best wood to use in a wood-fired pizza oven is hardwood which produces high heat and low smoke. Such as ash, birch, and oak that is fully dry and well seasoned.
  3. Are brick ovens safe?
    • Yes, however, you want to realize they are heating to a high temperature, so use proper tools, gloves, etc. when using so as not to burn yourself. And don’t let kids use wood-fired ovens unsupervised.
  4. How do you cool down a brick oven?
    • Time. That is the best way. Shut the door. Close the vent, and give it overnight to cool completely before you attempt to remove ash/clean the oven.
  5. How long does it take a pizza oven to cool down?
    • This really depends on how hot it got, how good the fire bricks are, external temperatures, etc. But I always plan to simply let it cool overnight.
  6. How long does an oven stay warm after turning it off?
    • Several hours, and you don’t exactly turn it off. There is no switch, the fire simply burns out, and eventually, the oven cools.

Whether it’s pizza night or Sunday dinner, an outdoor brick oven is sure to make any occasion special.

Imagine gathering around a wood-fired brick oven right in your backyard, roasting meats and vegetables with the smoky aroma of burning embers wafting through the air. Whether it’s pizza night or Sunday dinner, an outdoor brick oven is sure to make any occasion special.  Come in today to Gappsi and let us help you choose the best wood-fired brick oven for your home.

Outdoor-Wood-Fired-Pizza-OvenFontana Wood-Fired Countertop Stainless Steel Ovens

Visit the Gappsi showroom to purchase your new Fontana Wood-Burning Stainless Steel Outdoor Pizza Oven, Fontana is an Italian manufacturer of wood-burning pizza ovens, BBQs, and Smokers.  Choose from the Toscano Line, the Mangiafuoco, the Margarita, the Cucina double, or the Gusto. Come and visit our showroom display to view Fontana products.  Below in the video, is a Fontana wood-burning pizza oven with the proud owner making pizzas for his guests.

Gappsi Supplies Alfa Wood-Fired Ovens

Visit the Gappsi showroom to view the Alfa Oven Line.  Alfa Ovens are fired either by wood. gas or a hybrid outdoor pizza oven.  Alfa Forni is an Italian manufacturer of stainless steel ovens, with their own cart and stand or it can be placed on a countertop.

Visit the Gappsi Showroom display to view Alfa products. You can choose among many sizes and models from Classico, Moderno, and e Futuro.

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Construction of Outdoor Italian Brick Ovens by Gappsi Inc

Everything You Need To Know About Outdoor Italian Garden Brick Pizza Ovens in Nassau & Suffolk County, NY

Great pizza event at Gappsi oven!!

Italian brick ovens have been used for eons now. These ovens are renowned for producing drool-worthy pizzas. You can also use these excellent outdoor brick ovens for cooking all types of meats, vegetables, fish, bread, and even desserts. Gappsi produces an irresistible collection of durable Italian brick pizza ovens in Nassau & Suffolk County.

We use top-tier craftsmanship and the finest Italian clay bricks to construct our ovens. Our use of the Biscotto di Sorrento bricks, found only in a specific region of Campania on the Amalfi coast, makes these Gappsi brick ovens a cut above the rest. The clay used for the brick construction is mineral-rich. It absorbs the hat and disperses it uniformly, enabling the pizza to cook perfectly each time.

Here’s an overview of how Gappsi constructs its famous Italian brick ovens in Nassau & Suffolk County:

Gappsi’s Construction Method for Italian Brick Ovens

Here’s Gappsi’s construction process for its durable outdoor brick ovens made with Italian bricks:

The Construction of the Biscotto di Sorrento Bricks

The brick construction process starts when our artisans collect the clay and store it to dry. Then, we mix the clay until it becomes a consistent paste, which is molded into specific sizes. We stack the brick molds and let them dry naturally for several weeks. Then, we stack these bricks into a wood-burning fire chamber to cook them. These bricks are exposed to fire until they are ready to be used to construct the brick oven. We use these completed Biscotto di Sorrento bricks for our Gappsi brick oven floors and walls.

Italian Bread Made At The Gappsi Oven! (5)Basis Construction of the Oven

We start the brick oven construction process by building the metal frame base that works as the oven’s foundation. Our craftsmen insulate the concrete base’s underside to keep the oven’s bottom from overheating. We then install a wire mesh and pour the concrete. Then, our team assembles the brick oven floor by setting up the bricks and building the walls by putting the bricks in rows.

After assembling the first two rows, we remove the floor and fill the underside with volcanic sand and rock salt. This mixture acts as a subfloor to provide heat retention and insulation to the oven’s terracotta floor. Then, we install the Italian clay bricks on top of the volcanic sand mix. In some ovens, we drill a hole through the oven floor to fit gas burners inside.

Outdoor Brick Oven Walls & Door Frame

After building the base of outdoor brick pizza ovens in Nassau & Suffolk County, we erect the door frame. Out craftsmen cut the bricks to match the door shape. We install the first row of the Biscotto di Sorrento bricks vertically around the oven perimeter. We wedge the bricks together to minimize cement exposure on the inside of the oven. Upon the base wall completion, we install a top row of bricks to act as a bond beam. Then, we create the shape of the brick oven with a temporary volcanic sand dome. We use the wedged brick position to build the brick oven cupola.

Our craftsmen cover the brick dome exterior with a wire mesh and a reinforced layer of cement sand and clay pebbles. We do this to insulate the exterior crust of the oven.

Customization Based on Your Chosen Gappsi Brick Oven

We construct every Gappsi brick oven the same way up to a certain point. The interior is a symbol of impeccable craftsmanship, tradition, and beauty. It has remained unchanged for more than 300 years now. The exterior of all our Italian brick ovens in Nassau & Suffolk County features a large mantle made from volcanic black marble, which looks spectacular and offers heat resistance.

After the basic construction, we customize the Italian brick ovens based on your chosen finish and style. Gappsi brick ovens come in five incredible models – the Napolitano, the Vesuvio, the Sorrento, the Amalfi, and the Giotto. These models come in two sizes – inside diameter of 32inches and 44 inches. That said, we can customize your oven to any size you want and build it onsite.

Our Vesuvio ovens are built over the traditional oven shell. We build the dome for the smokestack over the metal frame and use a high-quality fiberglass blanket to insulate the oven domes. The Vesuvio ovens have a second frame with reinforced rebar and galvanized wireless to get a volcano-like shape. We also leave a cavity between the outside shell and the oven. Our craftsmen apply a layer of cement over the wireless dome. This air chamber serves two purposes – it offers insulation and ensures the exterior oven surface is cool and safe to touch.

For the Napolitano model, our craftsmen use different-sized river rocks for a unique look. The Sorrento model features random-sized natural stones and has brick accents. The Amalfi model features custom, hand-painted tiles. You can get a painting of your favorite picture with your loved ones and a name or message engraved into the oven’s metal door.

Construction of Outdoor Italian Brick Ovens by Gappsi IncWhat Makes Our Italian Brick Ovens Superior?

We construct Gappsi’s brick pizza ovens in Nassau & Suffolk County using a special clay. We get this clay from Sorrento, Italy, and mix it using a traditional mixer. This particular clay is rich in volcanic pumice and silicon. We place a wood mold on top of a platform and spread the clay in it by hand. It creates a spongy finished product, which allows the heat to spread evenly and slowly in the finished oven. Our clay bricks cannot be mass-produced since we pour them by hand for each new Italian outdoor brick oven.

The Bottom Line

If you wish to invest in Italian brick ovens in Nassau & Suffolk County, contact Gappsi Inc. today. We can craft a top-quality pizza oven for your backyard!

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Italian Clay Bricks In Pizza Ovens Handmade

Italian Clay Bricks In Pizza Ovens

Italian Clay Bricks In Pizza Ovens have been around for centuries, and for good reason because they produce uniquely spectacular pizzas. It is much more than a pizza oven. Gappsi Brick Ovens open up a wonderfully savory world of open hearth cooking, including meats, fish, vegetables, bread, and even desserts. Crafted with an artisan’s soul, a passion for detail, and unmatched customer service, Gappsi sets the industry standard for performance, practicality, and longevity for Outdoor Ovens.

What Makes Brick Oven Pizzas Special?

Neopolitan-style pizzas are special. The crust is crisp and flecked with tell-tale charred spots, evidence of being baked in an extremely hot oven. The interior of the dough is soft, elastic, tender, and fragrant, and the toppings are cooked to perfection.

Achieving the perfect pizza is not easy! The pizza pros usually use brick ovens that heat from 625ºF – 700ºF.

For perfect pizza, the cook must balance the two so that the dough and the toppings finish cooking at the same time. For that, they need to get the oven temperature right.  The Roman pizzaiolos (pizza bakers) used the high temperature, combined with the thermodynamic properties of the bricks. The vaulted cavity of the brick oven and the thick layer of bricks at the bottom of the oven guarantees even heating of the pizza. Brick ovens are ideal because the crust heats at a high but reasonable temperature giving the toppings enough time to properly cook.  This combination adds to the secret of the perfect pizza.

Italian Clay Bricks In Pizza

Italian Clay Bricks In Pizza Ovens Floors

The clay is one of the most important parts of making the brick and if your clay isn’t of high quality, there’s no way your pizza oven is going to be high quality.  The video below it shows the floor of the pizza oven and how the Artisian makes it using the traditional mixer.  This machine mixes the clay gathered locally in the region of Sorrento Italy.  The Clay is rich soil with volcanic pumice and silicon, a particular characteristic beneath Sorrento’s famed citrus orchards.  An oven base needs to be porous.  The pours help to warm up early and maintain the heat for a long time, releasing this heat evenly.

This is an old manufacturer that has been around for hundreds of years in Italy.  Time and tradition keep with each generation.  as the clay is mixed and poured to make the brick.

A wood mold is placed on top of a platform and the clay is spread by hand.  Simply spreading the clay by hand and not pressing it creates a more spongy finished product.  The bricks can absorb the heat and release the heat slowly. The clay is found locally and has been used for hundreds of years too.  Gappsi Italian Clay Bricks is not a product you can mass produce, the clay is being excavated locally in Sorrento Italy, and poured by hand for your next Italian Pizza Oven Order.

A Real Master Piece and Italian Art In Your Home!

The Amalfi Oven

We design Gappsi Brick Ovens using a machine made in the most traditional way. The techniques used are no longer around or followed by any other manufacturer that makes bricks or pizza ovens. Smoothing out the top surface is what makes the stone denser on the surface. You are talking about something made by hand; a real piece of Italian Art. Here it is!  And it can be YOURS. We prepare each brick in the same way; it is a dying art. To make each stone you literally have to feel the product as you make it. Craftsmen that create these particular bricks have a passion for the trade and understand a very old method of producing a brick oven. Every brick made for a Gappsi customer oven has this much care in producing it!

Become inspired and learn how to use your wood-fired oven in a demonstration event at the Gappsi Showroom.  Signup to be notified of our next event.  

Wood | Gas Fired Pizza Ovens

The difference between Biscotto di Sorrento and other types of brick materials on the market is that it does not burn the bottom of a pizza, absorbing moisture from the dough.

Gappsi Artisan strictly follows the ancient tradition of manufacturing:

  • Manual extraction of the clay.
  • Mix clay using water, grinders, and mixers
  • Form clay into different molds: bricks or floor bases.
  • Dried for 3 days in molds
  • Dried for 10 days in a stacked position
  • Clay bricks turn light grey after we fire them in the kiln.
  • Dried for 7 more days
  • The natural firing phase.

This involves the continuous burning of wood for seven hours. Then, after four days of baking the bricks are ready and have acquired a natural red color.

The unique flavor of brick oven pizza can cause any foodie to wish that they owned a brick oven of their own. Not only are they useful, but brick ovens also add elegance to any outdoor living area.

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Our showroom display includes the most beautiful as well as unique imported natural stones for patios, walkways, and driveways.

We provide services in Nassau and Suffolk County.  Glen Cove, Hempstead, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Babylon, Huntington, Islip. Commack, Kings Park, Quoque, Commack, and Smithtown. Brookhaven, Southampton, Riverhead, East Hampton, Southold, Old Brookville, Old Westbury. and Mill Neck, Nissequogue, Lloyd Harbor, Muttontown, Coldspring Harbor, and East Norwich.  Gappsi’s knowledgeable and experienced personnel can help you create the yard of your dreams!

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Gappsi Products and Services | Showroom Displays Center

Gappsi Products and Services, we would like to invite you to visit our showroom and view all our products and services.
We carry a very large selection of porcelain and natural stone  pavers, wall veneers  and retaining walls. Including Marble, Limestones, Travertine, Granite,  Sandstones and much more
Gappsi Products and Services, ours stones are  exclusive and unique. We search, select and import them from all over the world We also provide many home improvement services. Our well experienced and knowledgeable personnel can help you design and build your home projects  with the highest quality and stress free experience.
 We are a one stop solution for all home improvements services, from our supplying division of   pool coping and patio pavers, to our store indoor display, we carry several lines of  grills and outdoor pizza ovens, sports court tiles and synthetic turfs for backyard lawns, dog runs and bocce courts, smokers, outdoor rated cabinetry, refrigerators and ice makers.
We have a Passion spas demonstration display, smokeless fire pits, many exclusive products to build your outdoor entertaining living areas, gunite pool tiles and finishes, gas fireplaces 
Trex and Azek, Interior doors and  windows, marble and porcelain tiles.
Gappsi Products and Services include Passion hot tubs  and swim  spas sales and installation that we incorporate in many of our backyard designs.
Our swimming pool division offers design and installation of gunite vinyl and fiberglass pools,
Restoration and pool renovations, liner replacement, all major brands of equipment; Hayward, Pentair, Zodiac, Jandy, Autopilot Salt chlorine generator and heat pumps and more 
Gappsi Products and Services offers masonry design and construction including driveways, walkways, patios pool areas, stoops and retaining walls. We offer a full line of the most unique natural patio pavers and porcelain. Including pool copings, stair treads and copings, wall veneers and custom cut stones.
We provide full landscape design, construction and planting material, natural rocks waterfall, synthetic turf installation, sods and  annual flowers planting. 
All sports and recreational courts including, basketball, horseshoe, bocce, pickleball, volleyball, tennis, putting greens, installation of synthetic grass for pool areas, lawns and dog run play areas.    
Cleaning, sealing and restoration of old and new patios, we provide a professional state of the art machinery to steam clean your patios, application of polymeric sand and vibrate into the paver joints with a mechanical plate compactor, and the application of top quality Polyurethane sealer ( Seal N Lock  and Surebond SEK ) sealing and cleaning products.
We offer full service of  Interior and exterior home remodeling, including new home construction, renovations, extensions, finish basements, kitchens and baths, windows, roofing and siding, 
Gappsi Products and Services offers Brick ovens, our newest division is the manufacturing of brick ovens, we offer 5 different models  of the best built backyard ovens.  In beautiful designs and custom personalized hand painted tile finishes. You may  view these ovens on display at the Gappsi showroom.
Thank you for your interest in Gappsi and for your time
We hope to see you soon.

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