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New from Williams-Sonoma: Beehive Pizza Oven

2008_05_12-PizzaOven.jpgWe obviously have pizza on the brain, because it was just yesterday we posted Breakfast Pizza and now we're practically salivating over this very expensive beehive pizza oven from Williams-Sonoma.

 
 

This is way out of our price range, and out of the price range of things we usually post here at The Kitchn (we leave all those big-ticket, out-of-budget items to our sister home and furniture sites!). But this is too delicious to pass up.

We dream of a little city garden with a paved courtyard and fruit trees and one of these babies right in the middle. This would be so great for more than pizza, too; we'd bake bread in this all year round! But we probably have other things to use $2000 for right now - more's the pity.

Check it out at Williams-Sonoma, though; they even have a video. They say it's an authentic European oven that can bake everything from crisp-crusted pizzas and rustic breads to juicy roast chicken with a crackling golden skin. You do of course have to build a wood fire and learn how to build the coals. Baking temperatures of up to 900ºF!

Beehive Pizza Oven, $2000 plus $200 for shipping

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'twould be nice.

For 2 grand I'd like to see a higher quality base. Plastic wheels and cotter pins?

posted by art on 2008-05-14 12:46:36
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When I saw this in the catalog, I thought, "I must have this." Then I saw the price and think I'll stick to my oven for pizza making and was happy to get a baking stone for my b'day!

posted by bobcatsteph3 on 2008-05-14 13:03:25
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for 2 grand, i"ll fly to naples,italy and eat pizza

posted by luigilly on 2008-05-14 13:11:49
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Right there with you, Luigilly!!

posted by Kathryn on 2008-05-14 13:30:45
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This settles it. I'm making husband build me an oven in the backyard. How hard can it be? (famous last words, I'm sure)

Because for 2 grand, I'll have one H-E-Double Toothpicks of an oven.

posted by Snow Gurl on 2008-05-14 13:40:16
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I dream of having a backyard with a brick pizza oven in it. Even though Im not much of a baker now, I just know that I would turn into a master bread artisian overnight.

posted by SleepyDweller on 2008-05-14 15:04:23
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That would be awesome to have and in an apartment the size and mobility would be a necessity but I think you could probably build one for less.

posted by http://badhuman.wordpress.com on 2008-05-14 16:21:07
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The Egg might be a more practical choice (for slightly less money).

http://www.bbqguys.com/item_name_Big-Green-Egg-Medium-Charcoal-Grill-Smoker-with-Nest-and-Side-Shelves-1_path_7119-9994-7149-10338_item_991.html

posted by art on 2008-05-14 16:25:12
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I just made a bunch of pizzas tonight with friends for Top Chef night and this would have been great. Maybe I should invest in 20 or so ceramics classes - then I can make the oven AND the tableware.

posted by Oven Mitzie on 2008-05-15 02:03:43
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There was an article in Sunset magazine a few years ago that had instructions how to make an adobe pizza oven which was very cool. Granted, it didn't have a base, but it was just as cool and would be much cheaper.

posted by bohemianbeauty7 on 2008-05-15 03:30:22
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Or you might try this.

posted by MollyNYC on 2008-05-15 05:27:57
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I prefer going out to have a Pizza with my family instead of paying so much money for this oven. With 2000$ I can eat pizza every day for a year. Anyway in a year I'm sure that the oven wouldn't be in the same condition. I've seen the plastic wheels and I can't say that I'm impressed of it.


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az spas

posted by EddieSmith on 2008-10-29 08:19:28
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