woodfired

Cooked with logs

Woodfired describes food, especially bread and pizza, that has been cooked in an oven heated by burning wood rather than gas or electricity.

The technique imparts a distinctive smoky flavor and produces the characteristic charred spots prized on pizza crusts.

Woodfired ovens reach higher temperatures than conventional ones and cook unevenly in ways that enthusiasts consider desirable.

The restaurant is known for its woodfired pizzas.

Also spelled wood-fired.

cooking

oven

Enclosed cooking chamber

flame · coals · heat · temperature · ash · smoke · charcoal · spit · hearth · bread

flavor

smoky

Filled with combustion haze

  • charredBurned until black
  • ashCombustion's powdery remains
  • embersSmoldering fire remnants

mesquite · hickory · oak · applewood · cherry · burnt · caramelized · smoldering · aromatic · infused

pizza

oven

Enclosed cooking chamber

dough · charred · blistered · peel · stone · calzone · focaccia · flatbread

ambiance

warmth

Heat you feel

crackle · embers · flames · rustic · hearth · inglenook · flickering · radiant · toasty · snug

pottery

kiln

Oven for hardening clay

firing · stoneware · porcelain · earthenware · raku · bisque · wheel · shards · glaze · cone

Opposites
fuel/heat source

woodfiredelectric

Powered by current

gas-fired · gas · coal-fired · propane · microwave

traditional vs modern technology

woodfiredelectric

Powered by current

industrial · mass-produced · automated · commercial · modern

Family

woodfire

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G