About Mugnaini Ovens

Pizza and a Movie with Kelly Djalali

Here is a fun video sent to us from Food Blogger Kelly Djalali of Djalali Cooks.In the video she shares...

Valoriani and Mugnaini, an Italian Oven Story

Selecting an Oven Size

More than Just a Pizza Oven

The Perfect Portable Pizza Oven

Entertain in style with an authentic Italian Pizza Oven. Bake pizzas, roast meats and vegetables or bake bread with the...

Summer Grilling and the Perfect Portable Pizza Oven

Just in time for summer, we’re thrilled to introduce our new Piccolo 75, the perfect portable pizza oven. Manufactured by...

How to Fire a Mugnaini Oven

Firing Procedures Properly firing your oven will be the single most important step towards your cooking success. No matter how...

Pre-Assembled Knock Down (PAKD)

When PAKD is Useful Commercial or residential installations with limited entrances Residential exterior installations with a small gate or narrow...

Firewood for your Mugnaini Oven

Sourcing Firewood for Your Mugnaini Oven The proper firewood choice will make it easier and more efficient to fire your...

Residential Masonry Kit Clearances

Clearances All Mugnaini residential factory built ovens must have minimum clearance to combustible construction. The ovens require a 2” clearance...

Prevent Damage from Water Intrusion

Water Intrusion and Subsequent Oven Component Damage Water is the enemy of masonry. If your oven floor and overhead crown...

What is a Firebrick?

What is Firebrick and why use it for the oven floor? The word firebrick has no universal, specific definition we...

Mugnaini Headquarters from the Ground Up

Building a Dream Sonoma County was clearly the most sensible place for us to run an open hearth oven company,...

Welcome to Healdsburg!

Our new headquarters in California Wine Country has so many benefits, including making us more accessible to our buyers who...

How a Wood Fired Pizza Oven Works

Three Types of Heat for the Perfect Cooking Environment Let’s take some of the mystery out of cooking in a...

Wood Fired Oven Cooking Environments

Your Mugnaini wood-fired oven may be regulated for three basic heat environments to accomplish various cooking styles. Each may be...

On the Road with Justin from Red Oven

If you are ever driving around San Diego and you see a bright copper pizza oven rolling down the road,...

Chase Interview with Andrea Mugnaini

Andrea Mugnaini followed her passion — into the food business. By Rebecca Dalzell (Read original article.) This story is part...

Catching up with Paul from Pitfire Artisan Pizza

Paul Hibler is the successful founder of Pitfire Artisan Pizza. We here at Mugnaini have been working with him for...

Flower Mound Style

We are always happy to share the wood fired oven experience, especially with magazines and social media. Still, it came...

The Mugnaini Cooking School Garden

What Does Your Garden Grow? Nearly every class at the Mugnaini Cooking School in Alexander Valley will include a short...

Mugnaini Preassembled Pizza Ovens

Pizza ovens have traditionally been assembled using concrete blocks, cement, sand and other masonry materials. These materials offer structural support...

Wood vs. Gas

Do Wood and Gas Ovens Heat the Same? Heating an oven with wood is faster then using gas. As you...

Ancient Breads from a Modern Oven

Frena Bakery is located amongst the hustle and bustle of 6th Street in downtown San Francisco. Three friends: Isaac, Avi...

Storm Doors for Indoor Pizza Ovens

A Storm Door is a secondary door that sits on the outside of the arch. These handsome stainless steel doors...

Why Buy from Mugnaini?

Founded in 1989, we have decades of experience providing homeowners with wood and gas fired ovens ideally suited for how...

Giving Back One Pizza at a Time

V Foundation Wine Week I consider it a privilege for me and my family to come to the V Foundation...

What is Perlite?

What is Perlite and Why do we Use it? Perlite is the commonly accepted generic term for naturally occurring siliceous...

Choosing a Masonry Kit or Preassembled Oven

Once you’ve chosen your pizza oven model, the next question will be which method of assembly is best suited to...

Indoor or Outdoor Pizza Ovens — Helpful Hints

Mugnaini pizza oven may be installed indoors or outdoors. Masonry kits are the traditional building method but if you have...

Which Oven Size is Best for Me?

Choosing the size of your future pizza oven is a good first step in determining which oven model will work...

An American Woman’s Quest for an Italian Pizza Oven

After experiencing the best pizza in her life, Andrea Mugnaini knew she wanted a wood fired oven for her home...

Boys & Girls Club bake pizza at Mugnaini!

Most of us grown ups have childhood memories of summer camp but how many of you remember baking pizzas in...

The Mugnaini Way of Building a Pizza Oven

Not long ago pizza ovens were recognized by a few endearing features: an elevated hearth, a brick lined opening and...

La Porchetta — Our Tuscan Feast

Roasting a whole pig is an ancient tradition in Italy, usually reserved for special occasions and holidays. While culinary historians...

Tour Mugnaini

Take a tour of our Pizza Oven Center, located in beautiful Healdsburg, California! Play the video above to be escorted...

The Endless Possibilities of Zone Temperature Cooking

Our new Mugnaini 160 x 160 provides a generous five-foot round cooking floor; perfect for your high production kitchen.

The Mugnaini Oven Defined

It’s no surprise that the wood fired oven, well established for baking the best pizza in the world, is commonly called a ‘pizza oven’.