Wood Fired Pizza Ovens

Wood Fired Pizza Ovens are an economical and efficient alternative to the traditional Kiwi BBQ. They require less maintenance than a BBQ and no cleaning.

And when cooking in your Alfresco Oven, dont just think Pizzas - think about roasting, slow cooking, smoking, drying nuts, baking bread and grilling.

Hard Yards Aztec Wood Fired Oven

This wood fired oven may be the ultimate in Outdoor Cooking. NZs foremost manufacturer of kit set wood fired ovens, the Hard Yards oven is a tried and proven product that has been available for 7 years. We offer this oven as a kitset with the construction plan for $1980 + freight.

Assembled ovens are also available at your request. Please contact us for a quote.

You can view the assembly instructions to see how easy it is you get your kitset up and going.

External Base Dimensions - Minimum 1350mm sq x 1100mm high

Approx weight 350 kg

Wooden Door - Optional extra for the pizza oven, the wood door is insulated for greater heat retension.
$160 - Steel and Timber with Kwila Front.
 

Stainless Steel Door - Suitable for coastal areas - $295 

Now available is the Pizza Oven Stand. Light weight concrete. Each piece 2 man carry. Comes with a base and galvanised support bracket. 1350 Sq - $600.
Available as a single or with Bar Leaner. The Pizza Oven is designed to go on the left side while the Bar leaner can go on the right. - 1300 x 2.4 sq - $1000
These stands can also be made to order. (exposed aggregate - $100)
 

Getting the Fire Going

A fire needs lots of oxygen to get established. Light the fire in the middle of the oven. Once it is well established, push the fire back into the oven. It will take you a bit of time to become competent at reading the ovens temperature but with a little practice you will know your ovens temperature as well as you know your baths water temperature.

Invest in a set of welding gloves because this makes turning the dishes somewhat safer. I melted the nylon kitchen mits on my first night.

Cooking

You will be limited by your cooking possibilities only by your imagination. Get to know your oven. Experiment. This oven will make your cooking famous, because the food doesnt taste like its from a conventional oven. Use the oven floor instead of tins to finish cooking your breads and pizzas.

Hard Yards Ovens have a chimney, so theres no need to remove the fire before you start cooking. Be amazed at how little firewood is needed to cook up a storm for 15 people. Ideally we light the oven two hours before we want to cook. After lighting the fire with kindling, we add pieces no thicker than my thumb until the fire is roaring along and then we add a few more pieces. When the kindling is well alight, we put the door back on the oven and only open it to add the odd piece of firewood. When the ovens been going for 90 minutes or so, we push the fire to the back of the oven and leave the door off while we're cooking.

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW TO BUILD THE KIT SET OVEN

Hard Yards Products now available from Placemakers in Kaiwharawhara and Central Landscapes, East Tamaki, 55 Springs Road.
Installation agent also available in Wellington via Bill Allen Tel 027 446 9874

NZ Herald article backs our Hard Yards Pizza Ovens!

25/11/10 - Hard Yards Pizza Ovens were recently promoted in a NZ Herald article that showcased everything thats great about these ovens and how to put them together. The Kit Set Oven is proving to be a top seller and Nigel is working hard to keep up with demand!
Click here for making the Base and here for making the Oven

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