A pizza oven is often made of a heat resistant concrete mix
Once the pizza oven has reached the optimum temperature the fire is allowed to die downThe temperature inside a pizza oven can reach 800F or 425C the perfect temperature for cooking thin and crispy pizzas in as little as 90 secondsIt isnt just pizzas that can be cooked in a pizza oven either once the temperature has reduced any number of dishes can be cooked in the oven from bread and cakes to roasts and even soups taking advantage of all the different temperature options that the pizza oven can createA lot of people may be wondering why a normal oven cant just be used instead of a pizza ovenWell it probably can be but it wont give the same results because a normal oven cant usually reach the same high temperatures of a pizza oven that makes it so perfect for cooking pizzaA pizza oven is often made of a heat resistant concrete mix but can also be made of clay adobe or refractory fire brickTo use a pizza oven a fire is normally built inside the oven itselfThe fire is allowed to burn until it becomes white hot so it heats up the walls of the pizza oven which can then let the heat out slowly throughout the cooking timeThe domed vault shape is so efficient because it reflects heat back down to the oven floor perfect for cooking crisp pizzas