Wood Fired Pizza Ovens

Make homemade pizzas from scratch using your own wood-burning pizza oven. 
Our wood fire pizza ovens ensure crispy crusts and bold smoky flavor from the comfort of your backyard.

Make homemade pizzas from scratch using your own wood-burning pizza oven. Our wood fire pizza ovens ensure crispy crusts and bold smoky flavor from the comfort of your backyard.

Outdoor Pizza Ovens for Wood-Fired Cooking at Home

Wood-fired outdoor pizza ovens bring commercial-level heat and cooking performance to residential outdoor kitchens–blistered crust, charred edges, and wood-fired flavor difficult to achieve in a conventional indoor oven.

Ash & Ember carries outdoor pizza ovens from Chicago Brick Oven, crafted in the USA from proprietary refractory cement engineered for faster heating, higher heat retention, and reaching temperatures above 1,000°F–ideal for wood-fired pizza, artisan breads, roasted vegetables, and open-flame cooking beyond pizza alone.

Choosing the Right Configuration for Your Backyard

Ash & Ember’s outdoor pizza oven collection includes countertop models for flexible placement as well as larger built-in and DIY-ready formats designed for more permanent outdoor kitchen installations.

Whether positioned as the centerpiece of a full outdoor kitchen or incorporated into a smaller terrace or patio setting, a wood-fired pizza oven introduces a different rhythm to outdoor cooking. The high heat, visible flame, and live-fire preparation process create an immersive cooking experience and a depth of flavor characteristic of wood-fired cooking.

Outdoor pizza ovens

Why Ash & Ember Pizza Ovens Deliver

  • Commercial-Grade Refractory Cement: Proprietary material absorbs and retains extreme heat, allowing the oven to reach and sustain temperatures above 1,000°F for consistent, even cooking.
  • FlameRoll Technology: An engineered flame pattern circulates heat evenly across the cooking surface, eliminating hot spots and producing uniform results from edge to center.
  • Multiple Configuration Options: Available as countertop models for quick setup or DIY kits for custom-built enclosures, each with the same core cooking performance.
  • More Than Just Pizza: Roast, grill, bake, and smoke at a range of temperatures. One oven replaces multiple outdoor cooking tools.
  • Made in the USA: Chicago Brick Ovens are sourced and manufactured domestically, certified to UL and NSF4 standards for both residential and commercial use.

FAQs

Most models reach pizza-ready temperatures (700°F and above) in 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the oven size and type of wood used. Dry, seasoned hardwood heats the oven fastest. Once at temperature, the refractory cement holds heat for extended cooking sessions.

Dry, seasoned hardwoods like oak, hickory, maple, and cherry produce the best results. They burn clean, generate high heat, and add subtle smoky flavor. Avoid softwoods like pine or cedar, which produce excess sap, spark, and smoke. Ash & Ember also carries kiln-dried pizza oven wood sized specifically for these ovens.

That depends on the model. The CBO-500 accommodates pizzas up to roughly 12 inches, while the CBO-750 handles larger pizzas and multiple items at once on its 38" x 28" cooking surface. Check individual product dimensions for specific capacity.

Yes. New brick ovens require a curing process that involves a series of gradually increasing fires over several days. This drives out residual moisture from the refractory cement and prevents cracking. Detailed curing instructions are included with every oven.

The ovens are built for outdoor use, but a weatherproof cover is recommended when the oven is not in use. Covers protect the cooking surface and exterior finish from rain, snow, and debris, which reduces cleaning and extends the life of the oven.