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Receiving your oven

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Pre-Assembled Oven Options

Wood Fired Oven Buyer’s Guide

  Jump to a section: WHERE TO START SELECTING A MODEL & SIZE WOOD OR GAS FIRED INSTALLATION CHOICES MUGNAINI...

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...

Commercial Factory Built Clearances

Clearances All Mugnaini residential factory built ovens must have minimum clearance to combustible construction. The ovens require a 1” clearance...

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...

Welcome to Healdsburg!

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

Wood vs. Gas

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

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...

Italian Firebrick Floor

What is FIREBRICK and Why Use it for the Oven Floor? The word firebrick has no universal, specific definition we...

Insulation or Thermal Mass?

Insulation or Thermal Mass — What’s Under Your Oven? In the course of building a wood fired oven, the choice...

What is Involved in a Masonry Kit Assembly?

When considering the location for installation it is important to know that this will involve concrete footings to support your...

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...

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...

Prevent Fires: Essential Chimney Maintenance

Prevent Chimney Fires The chimney that exits your oven is responsible for expelling the by-products of combustion (substances produced when...

Commercial Factory Built Clearances

Clearances All Mugnaini residential factory built ovens must have minimum clearance to combustible construction. The ovens require a 1” clearance...

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...

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...

Wood vs. Gas

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

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...