For Sale: Mobile Brick Oven Wood Fired

[sonomacast]

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The nicest and best thread I have read on a forum for many years, touched... Good Luck friends

[Brick Oven Bob]

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I did not sell my oven - in fact, I no longer plan to sell it.

Our season has started off with a boom and we have crammed four events in the last 3 weeks. One was a freebie catering for 80, one was a brand new event that turned wout to be a complete dud. The other two more than made up for the dud.

This is a fun and rewarding business. It seems that I learn something new each event. A big change this year is that I am par baking my dough prior to the event. What a difference that has made! From the time we get the order until the time the customer is walking away with a pizza, is down to 4 or 5 minutes - even during the crush times. This one change has already resulted in an increase in sales by 50% with no loss in quality for the product we are selling. I can not begin to tell you how exciting this is! Less work....more money (MUCH more upfront work though - but during non-sales hours).

I also have added a large rotisserie smoker and a big 5 gal. freezer for homemade ice cream. I love this business. Make no mistake - it is a lot of work, as I said, this is rewarding on many levels.

[sonomacast]

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excellent,

[poweredbypizzas]

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Do you par-bake the crusts in the WFO or in a regular oven? If in the WFO, how long do you leave them in the oven?

[JOSHUAFINANCIAL]

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ditto other comments. this was a nice read.

[basbosa]

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hello bob ,

are you still have it for sale ?
if you do call me at 615-423-4446 ,
thanks and best regards .

[Brick Oven Bob]

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No, I sold it back in August. It is not cooking tailgate pizzas at the New England Patriot games.

I am working towards opening the brick and mortar in 2013. Selling my oven, while a sad event, was a big part of the preparation for that, turning mobile asset $ into fixed asset $. I have gotten the sign off by the fire marshal and now need to decide which oven to go with. Assembled and knocked down or build from the core up?

If I can help you with a purchase of an oven or advice on a mobile set up, please let me know. bobwatts@windstream.net

[jordang]

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How did this turn out? Did you guys meet? Did you make a sale/buy?

[windage]

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just found this thread as is gained readership, even though several years old. Interesting how Bob gravitated from wheels to bricks, I went the other way and use my shop;
http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f37/...ost-11354.html
to help anchor my mobile unit;
http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f37/...ing-20874.html

And if Bob or McMikey hasn't built their kit oven yet, to encourage him to lay up his own brick oven...not to take anything away from our benefactors (FornoBravo)...but there is so much more understanding and tweaking available when you build your own WFO. (not to mention HUGE savings!)
My next project is a smaller open trailer with a 50" 1000F barrel vault oven for day trips. I need a small, light operation to fill in the need for less than 200 pies per day. The 45ft van is great for BIG events, but like an aircraft carrier it is a bit cumbersome. The next unit will be like a "PT" boat..fast and agile to pick up the small day-jobs that one person can handle, using the shop to commissary from.