Fontana Forni Margherita Wood-Fired Pizza Oven - Red - FTMAR-R

I just got my oven set up yesterday. Made two pizzas in it last night. I have never used an oven like this before, so there is definitely a learning curve, but not difficult by any means. It's more satisfying and fun than anything. Cooking with wood fire is one of the most peaceful ways there is to cook (IMHO). My wife and I are already looking for something to cook in it again tonight. We don't care that it is 24 degrees F with wind. The oven doesn't care. The day that I placed my order, I called the company to ask about some details before ordering. I'm sorry, but I do not remember the gentleman's name, but he was extremely helpful and made sure that I ordered exactly what I wanted instead of trying to "up-sell" me on anything. Great customer service!!! Assembly instructions came with the shipment, but I relied more on the videos that Kirk has on YouTube.

This spring, my wife and I purchased a hip, new, exciting pizza oven that was getting rave reviews and I decided to get one. It came with a 60 day "great pizza" guarantee, where they will buy it back if you are not satisfied. Previously, I've been using my large smoker grill (named Lou, after Lou Reed), rigged up to fashion a "wood burning "oven, and it was not a consistent product, so I was happy to get a proper "pizza" oven. The oven (the name rhymes with "BOONI") failed to live up to my expectations. It had no insulation, and needed constant stoking to keep the high temp needed to make pizza correctly. If it was damp outside, the effects were even less stellar. I decided to take them up on their guarantee. I was honest with them, telling them that even though I could make good pizza with the oven, it was not substantial enough for my needs. Then, I sought out the replacement oven. After looking at every oven out there, I was struck by the Fontana line of ovens. The website was easy to navigate and customer service was helpful over the phone. After a short time, waiting for the next shipment to come from Italy, my oven arrived. It was easy to assemble the base and attach the oven. I ordered the Saputo Stones, for the truly authentic experience. It was so beautiful, I decided to name her Gina, after Gina Lollobrigida, the beautiful Italian actress from the fifties. Some people name their cars and boats, I name my outdoor cooking equipment. I fired her up, and from pie one, I was nothing short of astounded as to the ease and quality that this oven delivers. Gina made the time that my wife and I have spent this past summer, sheltering in place at our cabin in the woods, the best that it could be. I look forward to many years of great pies with Gina.

I've only had my pizza oven for a few months but I have already cooked close to 100 pizzas in it. I really love this oven and consider it one of my purchases. As soon as I fire it up the neighbors start texting "Are you making pizza? Can we please come over?" I cooked 28 pizzas this past weekend for two back to back birthday parties and every slice quickly disappeared. BTW I started my outdoor pizza making journey many years ago and wish I had just started with a wood-burning oven like this. They really take your pizzas to the next level. I previously owned a Kettle Pizza Kit that converted a Weber grill into a pizza oven and then moved onto the Blackstone pizza oven. I was able to make very good pizzas with both those ovens but nothing as good as my current results. Not only do I prefer cooking with this wood-burning oven I think it is substantially easier to produce perfect pizza after pizza with it versus the other two ovens. These are great ovens and the company is top-notch also. Highly Recommended.

This oven rounded out my outdoor kitchen. Everything about it is amazing. It heats up quick, the floor (with the saputo stones) gets quickly above 800 degrees and the pizzas cook in less than 2 minutes. It looks sleek and cooks amazing. Highly recommend.

First pizza came out just like the pizza doctor ordered. Your videos (starting fire, etc.) were very helpful.

Just bought this for a client for a pizza oven for an event we were doing for them. My Italian pizza chef used it and he is used to his brick one back home. He was really happy with it and we made probably 75 pizzas with it over a few hours and everyone loved them. Loved using it so much that I want to develop a menu for my catering company using the oven. And the company was super helpful and delivered the oven very quickly. Great product and company

Always very satisfied, my pizza oven is great, holding up very well. If you have any problems they are very eager to help, orders are processed quickly. Very friendly staff. I would highly recommend this company.

One year in, I love my Margherita pizza oven! Can't believe I waited so long to buy one. Saturday pizza night is a huge hit with my family. Wondering if you can recommend a good stainless steel cleaner? The door and smoke stack seem to collect the the most smoke residue which can be difficult to clean off. Thanks, John

Just a matter of time before the nice shiny finish gets pitted and ugly

We use our oven commercially at a vintage /peddler show that is 2 weekends a year and is only a total of 28hrs a year at that show since 2015 we have cooked over 5000 9 inch pizzas oven performs beautifully. We are on our third set of stones but that's a lot of pizzas. We have recently taken our oven on the road with a concession trailer and have cooked an additional 1200 pizzas this summer. I love it and have gotten nothing but compliments on our set up. Everyone loves the oven.