Tradition has it that real pizzas are cooked in a wood-fired oven.

This is very popular with customers who see it as a guarantee of quality.
LThe "pizzaiolo" puts the pizza in the oven in the same way as a baker slides his bread into a bread oven,using a wooden shovel.

It is cooked in the presence of flames and the pizza oven door is left open. Cooking time is very short, averaging 1 min30.

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This very intense cooking in a wood-fired oven is what makes the pizza crisp and tasty.