Fontana ITALIA PREMIUM - Outdoor Wood-fired Oven 57x42

Indirect combustion wood-fired oven, the model ITALIA by Fontana. Equipped with a spacious cooking chamber with a depth of 57 cm, width of 42 cm, and height of 37 cm, allowing cooking on three levels.

Possibility to cook 1 pizza and 2-4 Kg of bread per cooking level.

The certified food-grade refractory plate makes the oven ideal for baking bread, pizza, roasts, and many other types of dishes.

Maximum thermal insulation, thanks to the layer of 12 cm of natural rock wool, which also allows easy achievement of the desired temperature using only 2.5 Kg of wood. Maintaining the fire, however, requires only 1 Kg.

Internal structure in stainless steel, while the exterior is in anti-rust electro-galvanized steel and with powder coating.

The trolley is perfect for those who need to move the oven, for those who want to keep it outside. The two handles and wheels facilitate transport, which can be easily done by one person.

Chimney with a 14 cm diameter, with a rainproof cap. 12-volt internal ventilation and lighting system.

In summary, this type of wood-fired oven offers several advantages:

• Reduced wood consumption: for performing multiple cooking sessions consecutively;
• Hygiene and practicality. Thanks to the easily removable shelves in the cooking chamber; The food is not in contact with ash and embers, nor with wood (often dirty or polluted) and smoke that could make cooking even carcinogenic;
• Ease of managing cooking and heating, precisely because the two environments are separate and autonomous;
• Time efficiency, as it takes less time to reach the cooking temperature.

These important aspects are complemented by the great benefits of wood-fired cooking: unbeatable in flavour and fragrance, natural and extremely low in fat. Dimensions and features of this model:

• 3 cooking levels;
• Useful cooking chamber depth: 57 cm;
• Useful cooking chamber width: 42 cm;
• Useful cooking chamber height: 37 cm;
• Weight: 165 kg.

The oven is made of black electro-galvanized steel extremely resistant to rust, the side panels are powder-coated in cream colour, very elegant.

The doors are also incredibly robust and resistant, equipped with a practical release system for complete closure. In general, the entire structure of this wood-fired oven is very robust due to the thickness and quality of the various types of steel used: this feature leads it to have a high weight in its category: 165kg.

The ventilation system is certainly at the forefront among those currently installed in ovens on the market. The cooking chamber, in special stainless steel, is separated from the combustion chamber by a double layer consisting of:

• A steel plate;
• Thick refractory bricks
• Refractory plate.

This allows for uniform heat distribution over the entire surface of the oven and prevents the formation of areas with different temperatures that are harmful to homogeneous cooking. The vast majority of wood-fired ovens on the market today are equipped with a ventilation motor at the bottom of the chamber, with direct air emission from the back of the chamber.

The ventilation is channelled, not only laterally but also under the refractory slab.

- Detail of the base refractory slab usable directly for cooking pizzas, bread, desserts, etc…

- Detail of the lateral support guides.

The central body of the oven, consisting of the combustion chamber and the cooking chamber, is insulated with a layer of rock wool that allows maintaining a constant temperature inside the chamber, avoiding excessive heating of the external sheets of the oven and excessive heat dispersion towards the outside, which could cause a decrease in thermal efficiency with a consequent increase in wood consumption.

Interior of the cooking chamber and ventilation chimney in stainless steel.

To eliminate air humidity and make the environment drier inside the cooking chamber, a special "drain" is provided for the exit of vapours.

This vapour "drain" must not be modified or connected to pipes.

The oven is equipped with 2 convenient support grids, one for each work level, and a tray with dimensions of: 51 cm in length, 37 cm in width, and 3.5 cm in height.

Exceptionally robust doors made of cast iron, highlighting the great solidity of this oven.

The upper door is equipped with a large high-visibility glass, to achieve an almost airtight closure of the door.

- Detail of the handles with knob.

- Detail of the thermostat for controlling the cooking temperature.

The wood support grid is made with a robust sheet metal and equipped with various anti-deformation ribs, equipped below with an ash drawer. It can be easily removed thanks to the convenient lateral guides.

- Detail of the ash collection tray.

The chimney is equipped with a regulation valve: once the desired temperature is reached, reducing the smoke outlet means maintaining the generated heat inside and thus a more stable temperature and lower wood consumption.

Chimney diameter: 14 cm.

The oven is equipped with electric lighting.

- Detail of the internal light.

The position of the chimney has been studied to optimize the "draw" and the path of the hot fumes, which uniformly brush the cooking chamber without forming "preferential paths" that could cause excessive heating of some parts.

SMOKE VALVE AIR REGULATION: When the air register is closed, an airflow is still guaranteed that passes through the lower part of the door. The same happens with the smoke valve in closed mode, where an outlet flow of fumes is guaranteed to avoid their stagnation and CO2 accumulation.