How to sell a built-in commercial pizza oven
Moving a massive commercial pizza oven usually requires dismantling the kitchen and costs more than the unit is actually worth. Because these ovens rarely survive transit and are difficult to identify or price, many owners give up on selling them and simply adapt their menu to use them instead.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Pivoting the restaurant's menu or concept to utilize the oven for steaks, bread, or other baked dishesDid this help you?
- 2Giving the oven away for free to anyone willing to cover the cost of removal and transportDid this help you?
- 3Selling the entire restaurant business rather than trying to move the ovenDid this help you?
- 4Listing it on Facebook Marketplace or specialty online communities for a steep discountDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I just took over a kitchen and inherited this pizza oven. I can't find a data plate so I don't know who the manufacturer is although I believe it's forno bravo.”source ↗
“Anyone know how to price this thing?”source ↗
“That thing is going absolutely no where without massive destruction and subsequent construction. Dog, how the fuck you gonna move that without completely dismantling your entire kitchen!?”source ↗
“It won't survive transit, it costs more to move than it is worth, and if it doesn't fit your new concept its physical existence costs you money.”source ↗
“I had the same issue. We ended up keeping it just due to logistics and bake bread in it!”source ↗
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