Saturday, August 30, 2014

Woodburning Oven

Fired Up Kitchens sells mobile wood-burning ovens.


This company has excellent service. They were available on a Sunday by telephone the first time I called, and available every time after that -- that is, they either pick up, or get back to me soon after I call. From an online video it seems they make an excellent product. John DeJong of Fired Up Kitchens was telling me about ovens around the country they've built and/or installed, and how they are available to fix the ovens too if need be. They also freely provide guidance on how to use the oven.

Here in the Greater Washington DC area there are around fifty farmers markets. Farmers Markets are an opportunity to set up a woodburning oven.

I found this video linked below which from another company selling ovens. They had a workshop on how to run a business based on a wood-burning oven and interviewed attendees. At the end of the video the interviewee makes a similar calculation to the one John made about profit from one event.


The oven will allow us to serve Charara made with local ingredients, and to bake Kosher for Passover Shmura Matza.

"Charara" is a type of pizza which is referred to by the Mishna in Shabbos 19B. Rashi translates Charara as "fogara", a word I'm thinking is related to "fougasse", which in turn is French for "focaccia."

"Ganic" is the Softwine LLC Farmers Market & Co-op standard for producing food. More on the Ganic standard here Ganic Market.

I'm also exploring getting a Grillery grill. The Grillery is also woodburning and portable. Grilled pizzas can be made on it.

The Grillery

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