Classico 2 Pizze Wood-Fired Pizza Oven - Alfa

• Fuel: Wood
• Capacity: 2 pizzas, 2 kg of bread
• Cooking surface: 28 x 20 in (71 x 51 cm)
• Maximum temperature: 1000°F (500°C)
• Oven floor: HeatKeeper firebrick, made in Italy
• Insulation: double-layer DoubleDown Superwool ceramic fibre
• Build: stainless steel, hemispherical dome
• Colour: Ardesia Grey
• Dimensions: 37.5 x 29.5 x 43 in (h)
• Weight: 189 lb (86 kg)
• Version: Top only, base sold separately
• Made in: Italy

Go with it if the fire is part of what you're after, not just the pizza. You're fine managing coals, you like the smell and the motion, and the bigger floor gives you room to work.

Take the gas version instead if you want to cook on a weeknight with no setup. Twenty minutes, one dial, done. Wood asks more of you.

What we'd suggest: add the log holder up front. It lets air move between the logs, the fire catches faster, and you stop overloading the chamber.

Included:

• The Classico 2 Pizze wood-fired oven (Top version, Ardesia Grey)
• The HeatKeeper firebrick floor
• The flue and chimney
• The oven door
• One spare firebrick
• Four levelling feet
• Owner's manual and spec sheet

Sold separately:

• Rolling base (stores the wood)
• Alfa log holder
• Cover, top only or with base
• Low and Slow kit, for low-temperature cooking
• Ash shovel and pizzaiolo tools

Day to day

Let the ash cool completely before you clear it, then brush the floor with a brass brush. No soap, no water on the brick. Past 660°F the oven burns off its own residue.

Winter and protection

In our Canadian climate, keep the oven covered between uses with the Alfa cover. For winter, store it under shelter or leave it outside well covered and up off the ground.

What to avoid

Do not overload the chamber with wood, which is exactly what the log holder is for. Bring the heat up gradually the first few times to break the brick in. Never put hot ash in a bin.