I purchased a Napoli 80 wood fired pizza oven from Giuseppe last year and it was one of the best decisions of my life. It is not only a magnificent technological marvel, making pizza just like my family and I remember from living in Italy, but it is a gorgeous work of art. Every time I catch a glimpse of it, it takes my breath away. Grazie mille, Giuseppe!

Our first attempt at Pizza making was surprisingly successful. The reward was much more than getting to play with fire and make good food...it was countless hours spent laughing and sharing stories in front of the Pizza Oven, and getting together with our friends and family to enjoy what weve made with our bare hands.Fire is an essential and critical part of the pizza making process. Each oven firing takes over an hour to heat the bricks to about 800 degrees, which is the ideal temperature for cooking Pizza in about 2 minutes.The soot from the previous firing starts to burns off after about 30 minutes, starting at the top of the oven and working its way down the sides, exposing the red brick. This is known as the bloom and it tells you the oven is hot.Giuseppe Crisa, oven maker at Forno Classico, makes a wonderful oven, perhaps the best oven. He delivered it to Santa Barbara with a crane. His oven is a work of art, but also a workhorse, too. We have fired it over 100 times, with hundreds of guests enjoying good food and the pleasure of hand made pizza pies.

Purchase my oven more than 5 years ago. I use it all of the time. A very discriminating friend who spends much time in Italy says that I make the best pizza he had tasted outside of Italy! Besides this, meats, bread and even baked oysters! Amazing piece of artwork! But the best part is that it brings family and friends together! Everyone want to come to have pizza with me. If you are considering an oven, Forno Classico has no rival, and I shopped far and wide!

We love our Forno Classico wood fired oven! It heats up quickly and easily without a lot of wood and makes the best pizzas ever. Guiseppe was easy to work with and helped us select just what we wanted. It is a wonderful addition to our outdoor kitchen. Weve made many other meals in it besides pizza and calzone and look forward to trying more. I am thrilled with the thought of baking my sourdough breads in this oven.

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