Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this exciting match aiming to finally know which oven’s the best at cooking the most delightful… glorious… heavenly good pizza!

Today’s opponents are the wire mesh conveyor oven, the deck oven and Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven.

The bets are on!

Production Capacity

Cooking a pizza in a wire mesh conveyor oven takes about the same time as with a Hot Rocks oven (with a lower quality), but with a deck oven it takes a lot more time. And gosh, we know that customers hate wasting their time!

On the other side, with only one Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven, you can cook up to 165 pizzas per hour and ticket time is reduced by 25% compared to a wire mesh conveyor oven, and reduced by up to 50% with a deck oven.

OK, this doesn’t make the pizza any better but eh, I bet you don’t mind saving some time.

The first point goes to the Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven!

Wire mesh conveyor oven : 
Deck oven :
 ❌
Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven :
 ✔️

Labor Cost

The deck oven needs a large number of employees to be used properly. People need to check the pizza often, but also assess the temperature and cooking time.

A Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven simply doesn’t need to be managed: you put the pizza in and it comes out done. It means you literally need fewer employees the day you install the Hot Rocks oven. Plus, the ones who do need to cook the pizzas need no particular skills to use the oven. It makes it so much easier to get new staff on board!

The wire mesh conveyor oven takes about the same number of people to be used, except the crust comes out soggy.

The Hot Rocks oven wins again!

Wire mesh conveyor oven : 
Deck oven :
 ❌
Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven :
 ✔️

Heat Consistency

The key to making a great pizza is having great heat consistency and a capacity to retain heat, as we explained in a previous article about heat retention.

The wire mesh conveyor oven isn’t really good at it because of – you would guess – the holes in the wire and its ventilation system, and the deck oven isn’t really better, as the heat constantly escapes each time someone opens the door to check if the pizza’s ready. Often, with the wire mesh conveyor oven, you even need to put the pizza back in the oven ’til it’s cooked right.

An oven with a granite stone conveyor, on the other hand, provides even heat leading to an immediate & flawless bake. And with the Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven, you don’t even need to open the door to see if the pizza’s ready since you already programmed the oven exactly the way you wanted it. A client of ours talked about heat retention here, compared to a mesh conveyor oven.

Once again, the point goes to the Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven!

Wire mesh conveyor oven : 
Deck oven :
 ❌
Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven :
 ✔️

Pizza Quality

Heat inconsistency leads to another big problem: pizza quality. It’s simply better in a stone baking conveyor oven. The pizza is cooked right all the time (consistent pizza quality), the result is always a perfectly golden crispy crust (superior pizza taste & texture) and you never burn a pie (hello, decreased food cost!) There’s also this authentic stone-baked taste… one of a kind!

With a wire mesh conveyor oven, you get an uneven baking often leading to an unappealing, soggy dough. The deck oven often gives you a softer pizza crust. All this put you at risk of receiving bad reviews from your customers and even affecting your brand image.

Remember: One pizza cooked badly is already too many.

This is why the Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven earns another point!

Wire mesh conveyor oven : 
Deck oven :
 ❌
Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven :
 ✔️

Cleaning

Each and every oven needs a good cleaning! Which one’s the easiest to clean between the wire mesh conveyor oven, the deck oven and the Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven?

The Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven is the easiest to clean AND to maintain, but that’s not the end of it. The wire mesh conveyor oven simply gets dirty more easily because of its ventilation that makes the pizza toppings fly off the pizza and go everywhere! And the deck oven? It’s not that hard to clean, but it’s just easier with Hot Rocks.

The Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven wins again!

Wire mesh conveyor oven : 
Deck oven :
 ❌
Hot Rocks stone baking conveyor oven :
 ✔️

Final Score: Wire Mesh Conveyor Ovens, Deck Ovens or Hot Rocks Stone Baking Conveyor Ovens?

THE WINNER IS….

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THE HOT ROCKS STONE BAKING CONVEYOR OVEN WITH 5 POINTS!

We know you were DYING to know which one won, ’cause it was so tight.

To know more about the first stone baking conveyor pizza oven you could ever use, take a look at all features and benefits here, and even try our customizing tool!