Why Choose the Piccolino Oven

Why Choose the Piccolino Oven

Il Piccolino
Piccolino means “the little one” in Italian and like a little brother, this Piccolino is small only in size. It takes after its big brother, the Napoli residential brick oven, in every other way. It is made of the same natural brick with commercial-grade components and parts, and it performs at peak capacity. It took Giuseppe three years to design this sleek and efficient model and to receive certification. It was an engineering challenge to apply the principles from making larger ovens to creating this compact residential gem. The top-of-the-line CSA certification means that Il Piccolino has met rigorous environmental and safety standards.

Why Choose the Piccolino Oven

If you love to make pizza either for a small family or a large gathering, this is the oven for you. It takes only 25 minutes to reach its maximum temperature of 1,000 degrees F. It makes one pizza at a time—but with a cooking time of only one minute, you can fire up as many pizzas as you need. In fact, your kids and guests will beg you to slow down and take a breather! And remember, you can cook roasts, bread, vegetables—anything in this oven when you want a crispy exterior and a moist interior. For the home chef, this oven is easy to install: at only 200 compact pounds, this oven can be placed anywhere outside. There is no electricity involved. You can use propane or gas—and wood for flavor—to fire it up. And, as the centerpiece of your outdoor living, you can choose from 20 standard colors or customize your order. Moving? Take the little one with you!

Compared to the Competition…

Actually, there is no competition! Il Piccolino far surpasses the quality and results of any other small pizza oven. Why? The brick cooking floor and the brick dome of Il Piccolino guarantee consistently perfect pizzas every time…just like in the best professional pizzerias. Only in a solid, heavy-duty oven can you produce pizza in which both the top and bottom are cooked to perfection in just one minute! While most people focus on the top of the pizza, the bottom is just as important—it must be cooked in sync with the top to produce the crunchy consistency that says “perfect pizza.”

Other small ovens are made with stainless steel, which generally produce “mushy-bottom” pizzas despite how long you cook them. The cooking process lacks consistency.   When you turn these ovens off, they lose heat immediately. This means that you cannot use your oven for other purposes. With Il Piccolino, you can cook anything in a cast-iron pan—from steak to chicken, from fish to vegetables. And once the pizza party is over, you can turn off the flame in Il Piccolino and bake bread. You can’t do this in a stainless-steel oven. If you keep the flame on, it will burn the bread.

The Piccolino brings family and friends together!

Why Il Piccolino is Perfect for These Socially Distanced Times

Do you miss those special gatherings with family and friends where you share food and wine? With Il Piccolino you can still entertain small groups outside and produce hearty and healthy pizzas that everyone will love. This is easy in Southern California, where Forno Classico is located, but you can achieve the same results in other locations and climates. You can wear masks as you gather around the warm oven, or the pizza maker (il pizzaiolo) can quickly cook the pizzas outside and serve the cheesy slices indoors as others gather (masked, of course) around a fireplace, or sit (at a distance) around a dining table. Il Piccolino is the perfect medium for our modern times.