As of this Spring there are 25 more wood fired oven caterers in the world. We had a great time eating, eating and eating. We learned from practicing wood fired oven caterers, discussed effective marketing techniques and had some practice time with some beautiful portable wood fired ovens. One of the best quotes of the weekend: “Full is just a percentage.”

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Celebrating 5 Years

May 7, 2010

This summer marks the 5th year of manufacturing and designing the safest portable brick pizza ovens. Our designs continue to evolve adding practical features that make the business fun, easy and profitable. There are over 150,000 miles on our designs and tens of thousands of pizzas cooked in our ovens. That’s a lot of dough [...]

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Get Hands On Training

May 7, 2010

Join us for a hands-on brick oven pizza making along with in depth cash register training. Learn the ins and outs of the business like: marketing, event planning, and menu preparations. Ask questions from experienced portable pizza caterers and get hands on training with a wood fired oven. Summer class waiting list and fall registration [...]

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Get Rolling Today

May 7, 2010

Rolling In The Dough is the only business plan that spells out everything you need to get started with your own portable brick pizza oven catering business. Inside you’ll find tips on getting your health department license, how to identify the most profitable events, recipes, equipment suggestions and more. In addition you’ll receive the Rolling [...]

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Creating an Organization

March 27, 2010

I recently found this article about some interesting principles to consider when creating your organization. John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods has been known to say some pretty controversial statements however, reading between the lines I still think there is some valuable information in what he says here:
John Mackey
CEO, Whole Foods Market
March 14, 2010
American society [...]

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Catersource 2010

March 12, 2010

I just returned from the 2010 Catersource in Las Vegas, NV. What a great trade show! 5,000 attendees and a whole lot of venders selling plastic to go containers! It became obvious half way through the our first day of exhibiting one of our newest Concessionaire trailers just how new the portable wood fired oven [...]

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A New Economic Philosophy

March 6, 2010

I bring recommend one book during our weekend workshop, it has nothing to do with how to make a pizza. Our taste buds, our eyes and our instincts lead us to the perfect pizza.
Like a traditional wood fired oven here is an economic philosophy that deserves it’s own revival. It was written over 75 years [...]

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Pizza Industry Stats

February 25, 2010

October is National Pizza Month, (US). It was first so designated in 1987 and continues to be the traditional time for celebration of one of America’s most important and popular food industries.
Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza EACH DAY, or about 350 slices per second.
Pizza is a $30+ BILLION per year industry. There are [...]

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Pizza Box of the future

February 10, 2010

Awesome.

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Bread Baking Workshop

January 6, 2010

Mary G’s Artisan Breads
Two-Day Wood-Fired Bread Workshop
This workshop will be held at:
The 63rd Street Farm, Boulder, Colorado
Curriculum
Day One Focus: Theory, Preparation and Discussion

Oven firing, masonry versus air temperature, heating the mass
Dough theory (time and temperature management)
Ingredients (selection, quality, type, weight versus volume measurement)
Equipment and supplies
Preparation of a one-day bread
Wild yeasts
Mixers & dough temperature
Hand kneading
Dough preparation [...]

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