The shoe maker's kids have no shoes(The pizza oven builder's kids have no brick oven pizza).

I'm sure you have heard the old story about how the shoemaker's children are the last to get shoes, seems the same has been going on for the oven builder. In today's hustle and bustle it' easy to get caught up in working and running around. When you have great pizza every day at work and you make brick ovens for a living the last thing you think about is building your own oven until your wife says " honey don't you think it's time we had our own oven so we can make pizza with the kids?" So my brother and I got busy building a "Mini" oven. This was a garage project and we decided to use miniature bricks to keep it in proportion and just the right size for personal pies. I'll update you as we proceed and look forward to your feedback as always. 

Pizza Equipment-The Brick Oven is the Show

Any business requires an investment and unless your a big wall street firm or the Federal Reserve and have the ability to just "print" money, your probably on a budget and are looking to save money in any and all areas as you build. That being said, we continually get customers calling for a Revolving Brick Oven as a last minute item. Not only that but too often the request for the dimensions goes along with "I only have this much space left for the oven".

That would be like an auto mechanic building a garage and at the last moment trying to decide where his lift is going or a dentist trying to decide where to put his chair after designing the office. You get the picture. If pizza is your game then your oven is your star player and the team is built around his performance and abilities. That means you build around your oven. If it is brick oven pizza your making and if your actually using a brick oven as Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza in Staten Island does then you want to show it off and use it as a showpiece in your design. The authentic look and the activity of making pizza enhance the dining experience so why would you hide your oven? Your oven placement is key to your production also and that needs to be considered for placement too. The bottom line is design you place around the oven as focal point and the key to your delivering a great product with enough room for your workers and a good flow to and from your kithen and dining room. Happy pizza making.

The joy of pizza!

Where do I begin? Taste, flavor ingredients, dough, prepping, or baking methods? Having been in the pizza business for over 20 years I have a lot to draw on here but it always comes down to my favorite part of the business, the people. I have been extremely fortunate in the pizza world but I realize it is like Thomas Edison said that genius is disguised as hard work, and working hard 7 days a week for years does pay off, if you survive. We started Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza   www.goodfellas.com back in 1993 after my brother and I quit our jobs and went "all in". Serving our customers, hearing their stories and becoming part of their lives over the years is what made it worthwhile for me. From engagements to weddings and births to the first days of school, baseball, communions, graduations, and birthdays, wow! It's like having a gigantic family and the pleasure of sharing all the fun. Yes, there were times of heartbreak too such as 911 and Hurricane Sandy but I remember a customer saying this in the days after the attacks on our country " I'm disgusted and in a daze but I always stop here on my way home because you guys always make me smile and feel better".  What is that worth? Priceless. Next blog will be about cooking in the NY Brick Oven Co. Wood fired brick oven and how it adds to the fun.  www.brickovensforsale.com
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