Kansas City has some Hot Neapolitan Pizza Competition

Seems that the entire country is involved in the current gourmet fast casual pizza war taking place at a location near you. Fantastic how concepts such those mentioned in this Kansas  City Star article: http://www.kansascity.com/living/food-drink/article40322862.html are using revolving brick ovens for fast and consistent pizza.

Spin Neapolitan Pizza featuring a NY Brick Oven Co. revolving Brick Oven

The taste and flavor these hot spots are providing seem to be what the pizza eating public are demanding and this has gotten the interest of some of the big boys in the pizza world who are feverishly retooling and rethinking their concepts to provide a truly "better" pizza than the typical fast-food fare. Thus the rise in fast casual pizza concepts across the land bringing fresh ingredients made in front of the customer and baked in only a couple minutes.

Neapolitan Pizza From NY Brick Oven Co. 

Who would want a premade cardboard pizza when they have the choice to get a wood fired brick oven pie fresh from the oven? The Pizza War is the only war where we all win.

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New Trends in Pizza-The Gourmet Pizza Brew Pub Arrives

The Gourmet Pizza Brew Pub Arrives

Having recently visited the extremely well executed Radius Brew Pub in Emporia Kansas featuring wood fired brick oven pizza from a revolving  brick oven that is part of a wonderful open kitchen design, I realize a new player/category is emerging -The Gourmet Pizza Brew Pub. To begin, select craft beers such as Watermelon Wheat and Milk Stout are being brewed for customers in one of the nation’s first completely visible and walk around electric micro-breweries as the Chess Masters Blues tunes set rhythm to  the mood. A unique sampling of six delightful ales and  stouts arrives at the table in a signature hand-made split level server( which takes up less room while making for a wonderful display) is brought to the table with each of its individual glasses glistening with cold condensation to start. Details, details, details, a pleasant Midwestern staff and a completely unexpected menu are a welcome surprise to see in this small town on the prairie but when the Scotch eggs with homemade Dijon mustard and butter washed Pretzel bread featuring a homemade cream cheese and Cheddar spread arrived, I was sold. Then the Mako Shark with adobe spiced French potatoes was placed in front of me I had visions of my home town- New York, this was a piece of paradise or an oasis on the Great Plains (pinch me). As if all this was not enough for this kid from Brooklyn, the next dish was a broccoli pancetta pizza delight cooked in a revolving wood burning brick oven built by the New York Brick Oven Company.  I had to hold back the tears.  Radius brew pub has raised the proverbial bar on pizza and set a new standard for brew pubs while homing in on a new food trendsetting idea.   This long time restaurateur   feels Gourmet Pizza Brew Pubs will be of the importance and demand attention on par with the fast casual trend for quick eating. It is fantastic to see young entrepreneurs bringing their best game and hitting it out of the park. Marc Cosentino

Authentic Brick Oven Pizza

Brick Oven Pizza is a style of "Gourmet" pizza that usually consists of fresh ingredients on a homemade, hand tossed dough that is cooked an authentic wood fired brick oven. A brick oven gives a certain crispness and flavor that is impossible to duplicate in a conventional oven. Very high temperatures and a fire brick surface are key to making this tasty form of pizza which is sweeping the country.

 The original Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza of Staten Island NY is leading the industry after winning the World's Best Pizza title several times with it's Revolving Deck Brick Oven from the New York Brick Oven Co. This oven is the wave of the future for the fast casual pizza segment and tops for high production and consistent pizza making without relying on a skilled pizza makers.

Revolving Deck Brick Oven is the new "Easy Bake Oven"

The New York Brick Oven Co. is offering what is now the industry leader in brick ovens with their Inferno series. Fast casual, Brick Oven, Neapolitan and traditional New York Style Pizza are all being cooked in the new Revolving Deck Brick Ovens which are super user friendly and cost effective since they do not require a skilled pizza man to work the oven, manage the temperature and constantly rotate and re-position the pies as  you would have to do in a fixed cooking surface brick or deck oven. Once the pie is placed on the revolving brick cooking surface(think turntable) it slowly revolves and is cooked to perfection on all sides without any further attention. The Pizza School of New York uses one of these ovens to train it's students from around the globe on the latest trend in the pizza industry so that they can be ahead of the curve with latest technology. Look for these amazing ovens in the new fast casual pizza chains springing up across the country.

Brick Ovens For Sale

Having owned and operated many brick oven restaurants over the years and experienced what is like to build and work brick ovens I can say with certainty " don't take advice about cooking pizza from a company that never cooked pizza". That may sound obvious but you would be surprised at the horror stories. Recently done guys from a big chain purchased an $80,000 oven from an oven company that ended up in the trash  because it didn't fit the needs of the chain.  This could have easily been avoided by consulting someone who really knows and cares about pizza.

  My brother Scot and I have about 50 years in this business including; building the biggest brick pizza oven in NY back in 1992,winning the Worlds Best Pizza title (3x), opening restaurants ranging in size from  1000 to 75000square feet across the country, training pizza makers from all over the world, having our pizza bet on the NY Giants when they won the Superbowl by then NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani to having the honor of Judging international pizza contests. We know pizza making! So when the question comes up about the best oven to use I can tell you from my own opinion and experience that brick oven pizza is the best and if you want the most efficient, cost effective, fastest and simplest to operate then you better contact us at 1-800-oven 053 and visit our website www.brickovensforsale.com 

Happy Pizza Making, Marc Cosentino