Pizza Oven Supplies Limited
Pizza ovens, wood burning ovens, bread
ovens, call them what you may, but there
is no doubt they are becoming more and
more fashionable as people look towards
entertaining at home more.
Not a new idea by any mean, ovens that burn
wood and store heat go back thousands of
years. Every continent has their own version
of a woodfired oven, with the Italians and
Ancient Greeks being responsible for the
main development of standard design.
Nick Riley, MD of Pizza Oven Supplies
Limited, story begins around six years ago
he was asked if he could build a pizza oven
like what Jamie Oliver was cooking on in his
television programme.
“I trawled youtube and Google for ideas,
then, eBay and Amazon for pizza oven
materials. Mmm, so confusing, the
information contradicted itself and the
prices varied so much.”
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Then he contacted the local pottery
business’s in his home Stoke on Trent. And
that was the Eureka moment. “Stoke had
been building pottery kilns for centuries” All
the knowledge and materials were right on
his doorstep.”
The design he developed obviously works
as after four years in business, he has over
600 customers, with three of them being
premiership footballers.
He uses what is called kiln furniture in the
manufacture of his pizza ovens, this is what
the famous pottery manufactures sit their
ware on while it is fired. It is used once, then
discarded. “We crush this down and mix it
with our secret mixture of other ingredients
which include perlite for insulation”
Re using what are top quality materials
enables Pizza Oven Supplies to keep their
costs low.
All the worry of wood oven design that
Architects, garden designers, landscapers,
builders and the general public would
usually come across have been removed.
Pre-designed kits with all the bricks pre-cut
save valuable time on not only designing but
relaying those designs to tradesmen.
“Cutting over 500 bricks in someone’s
garden can raise lots of safety issues, not to
mention the neighbours”
“Full and detailed instructions are available
and I’m there for any questions you may
have.” Nick states.
Brian Mellor @ Harthill Cookery School
comments
We have a beautiful oven thanks to Nick &
Sam. Not only does it look great...it cooks
beautifully too which is pretty important. Our
tutors and guests love it as it comes up to
temperature easily and holds the retained
heat, great to be outside with friends
working with the oven."