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"Wood-Fired Ovens Take Center Stage" (992kb)

Our hearth oven range contains a number of design features and unique accessories not available from our competitors. Foodservice Equipment Reports filed a special report entitled "Woodfired Ovens Take Center Stage" in July 2003. This report details equipment facilities and differences between some of the major players in North America. You can download the PDF version above or read the article at www.fermag.com.

1. Robust Design & Construction

Beech Ovens are supplied as a 2 piece assembly encased in ¼" (5mm) thick external steel shell with inbuilt steel anchors to support the post-cast ceramic wall, preventing structural failure e.g. cracking and crumbling.

All Beech Ovens contain a hand bricked floor made from 75mm thick High-Alumina bricks that will last a lifetime, ensure superior heat efficiency and cooking performance without movement or cracking. One-piece ceramic floors can suffer expansion cracks that are unrepairable.

2. Flexible Design

Beech Ovens have used modern technology to create high performance traditional ovens for the modern display kitchen. Our ovens are often sought after due to our ability to custom design and build the ovens to our clients' exact requirements. Our post-cast manufacturing technique allows complete size and shape flexibility. All other manufacturers use pre-cast domes which prevents customisation.

Any Size from Small to Large

Any Shape: We can fabricate any shape oven you wish with any gas configuration.

3. Choice of Fuel Options

• All Beech Ovens can be wood, full gas or combination wood & gas fired.
• All gas systems are fully automatic thematically controlled available with optional display burners.

4. Unique Features

We can install windows, spotlights and grills in any oven where there is sufficient size.

Viewing Windows for Maximum Visual Impact

Spotlights Available in any Location

Char Grills for Menu Versatility

5. Installation with Ease

• The unique 2 piece design and external steel shell allows the oven to be turned sideways and moved thru doorways and elevators with ease.
• The use of a crane can be eliminated!
• Lifting hooks in the external steel shell allow for easy movement.
• Large custom ovens can be fabricated in sections which can be moved with ease and then bolted together once in position.
• Typically, the oven can be installed in one day and be operational in 2-3 days.

6. Venting Solutions

Beech Ovens lead the market with flue safety options with experienced engineers who can provide venting advice to assist you to design and construct a safe flue that will reduce hazards such as flue fires.

• We can provide an in flue scrubbing system (Beech Spray Filter) to remove particulate matter and heat from flue gas enabling connection of our ovens to existing exhaust systems with safety whilst not compromising the stunning visual design of the architectural finish.
• We have generic documentation for most local authorities to resolve any issues.
• A comprehensive exhaust duct design document is available on request.

7. Thermal Efficiency

Beech Ovens have the greatest thermal mass of all commercially available stone hearth ovens, making it the most efficient oven available.

8. Structural Integrity

The Beech oven can easily support a 2 tonne weight with no damage to the oven.

Pre-cast ovens lack the strength to support even moderately heavy architectural finishes.

Guaranteed: The oven body has 4 yr structural warranty, the gas system 1 yr.

Certified: Beech Ovens are CE, UL/NSF rated.

IN SUMMARY: THE BEECH DIFFERENCE

Since 1990 when we built our first wood fired oven, our product range has gained world wide popularity because we have always done things differently to all the other manufacturers. Thanks to innovative restaurateurs continually asking us for something different, we have employed a policy of “if you can conceptualise it, we can build it”. Beech Ovens now lead the world in custom made ovens with a variety of innovative accessories that our competitors could only dream of offering…Sorry competitors! If you only have a space long and narrow, we will build you an oven long and narrow. If this space is on the top level of a multi-storey tower, don't worry our ovens will fit in most elevators. And yes, that oven will come with our 4 year structural guarantee and be assembled and ready for architectural finishing typically BEFORE LUNCH.

Ask our competitors if they can supply these options:

• Any shape oven, any size - we even do round ones.
• We have 10 standard round and rectangular models to choose from but if you have a specific size in mind just tell us the size and shape of the oven you require and we will build it for you.
• Longest unconditional guarantee in the world - 4 yrs
• Viewing windows (when the mouth of the oven cannot face the restaurant). Anywhere, any number. You are not limited in number or locations available! Our windows are fully operational too!
• Gas or wood fired Char grill of your specification IN the oven in any location.
• Various options for rotisseries to be located inside the oven for occasional or permanent use.
• Optional built in Automatic fire suppression systems inside the oven.
• Optional Steam generators for use in baking bread.
• Custom shape oven doors. Do you want to customize how your oven looks? We can modify the door shape to suite your requirements.
• How many doors would you like: 1,2,3,4? Stand out and make a statement.
• Internal spotlights for effect anywhere you want them.
• Installation.
• Some installations can be a nightmare especially in older buildings with undersized elevators. All of our ovens come in 2 pieces and can easily be put on their side to fit through a standard 800mm (31.5") wide door using lifting hooks built into the oven. Unlike some of our competitors, our ovens come split between base and top so that individual point loads are manageable. Important when trying to install on old weak floors. Some of our competitors make you hire or buy a special frame to enable them to go through narrow doorways.
• Partial or Fully Gas Fired Units with artificial logs
• Thermal mass in the dome? Beech ovens are twice the weight of our nearest competitor, which means double the performance.
• Floor thickness – we use 75mm (2.95") 75% alumina bricks that last a lifetime, there is a difference – refer to the support photos. The majority of our competitors use a thinner brick of a lower grade refractory. This greatly affects cooking performance and longevity. Other competitors use a one-piece ceramic floor, which can suffer from unsightly expansion cracks.
• All of our ovens are built tough and can easily support 2 tonnes on top of the oven.

DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT - ASK THESE LEADERS IN THEIR FIELD.