Illustrated planning concept · Final design follows field verification and approved project documents
Pizza Oven Pavilion
Wood-fired pizza oven + grill + prep kitchen under cover.
- Size range
- 12' x 16' minimum covered area
- Installed investment range
- $55,000 – $110,000
- Best for
- Entertainers, food enthusiasts, large estates
Two pages: concept rendering, planning dimensions, option decisions, and verification checklist. No email required.
Start with this conceptAn illustrated starting point
This concept is not a permit, engineering, fabrication, appliance-cutout, code-approval, or construction drawing. Field measurements, selected manufacturer documents and listings, site and utility conditions, required qualified engineering, AHJ/HOA review, approved documents, and the signed scope control the final design. The installed investment range is for planning, not a quote.
About this design
Covered kitchen pavilion centered on a wood-fired pizza oven (Forno Bravo or Mugnaini), with adjacent grill, prep counter, and bar. Custom hood ventilation, lighting, and seating.
Key features
- · Forno Bravo or Mugnaini wood-fired oven (32"-44" hearth)
- · Built-in grill + side burner
- · Custom stainless vent hood above oven
- · Bar seating with copper tap option
- · Roof tile, beam ceiling, fan lighting
Equipment & systems
- · Forno Bravo Casa2G110 or Mugnaini Medio
- · Lynx or DCS 36" grill
- · Custom stainless vent hood sized for the selected oven
- · Outdoor fridge + tap fridge
- · Outdoor TV w/ Strongarm mount
- · Electrical service sized for selected equipment and total connected load
How this kitchen is planned
A roofed room built around one heavy object. The wood-fired oven anchors a wall, the grill and prep counter run beside it, and bar seating sits across the open span.
Wood-fired cooking as the event — long heat-up, a crowd watching, with a gas grill for everything else.
Four to eight at the bar with a sightline to the oven mouth; the oven is the focal point, not the TV.
Full roof with a beam ceiling and fans. Because it is a covered structure, exhaust, roof penetration and clearances become structural questions, not finish questions.
Live fire under a roof plus a plumbed prep counter and refrigeration. The oven's exhaust path through the roof assembly is the controlling detail of the entire concept.
Layout zones this concept reserves
- AOven hearth
Wood-fired oven, its support base and the reserved exhaust path
- BGrill + prep
Gas grill and prep counter within reach of the oven mouth
- CWood + service
Fuel storage and back-of-house access kept out of the guest path
- DBar + seating
Bar run across the open side with a view of the fire
- EPavilion structure
Columns, roof, beam ceiling and fan/lighting layout
Finish and material zones
- Oven surround
- Stone or brick enclosure — its dimensions follow the selected oven, not the other way around.
- Pavilion walls and columns
- Match the house masonry or commit fully to a contrasting Tuscan palette.
- Ceiling
- Tongue-and-groove or exposed rough-sawn beams; decide early because lighting and fans mount to it.
- Counters
- Heat-tolerant slab adjacent to the oven mouth; confirm the material with the fabricator.
Lock these before appliances are ordered
- Oven make, model and hearth size — everything else is laid out around it
- Fuel: wood-only or a gas-assist model
- Pavilion footprint and ceiling height before columns are located
- Where the exhaust leaves the structure
- Whether the bar carries a tap or stays a dry bar
- Ceiling finish, fan count and lighting circuits
Verified before anything is built
- Oven support, foundation and dead load — confirmed by qualified engineering and the oven manufacturer's documents
- Exhaust, chimney, roof penetration and combustible clearances — confirmed against the listed venting system and the approved roof assembly
- Selected appliance cutout drawings, insulated-jacket requirements and listings — obtained before cabinetry is fabricated
- Fuel type, meter capacity, run length, total connected load and electrical circuits — confirmed by the qualified trades in the signed scope
- Pavilion structure, spans, wind and attachment — confirmed by qualified engineering
- AHJ, HOA and manufacturer requirements for this address and this scope — confirmed in writing before construction
Planning this kitchen in Arizona
Heat and shade exposure
Decide where the cook stands in July before you decide on finishes. Shade over the working side changes how usable the kitchen is, how hot the counter gets, and how quickly stainless and dark slab surfaces become uncomfortable to touch. If a cover is part of the plan, it is designed with the kitchen — not added afterward.
Drainage and cleanability
Plan for dust, rain, spills and appropriate cleaning that follows the selected finish and equipment instructions, without spraying appliances or electrical components. Counter slope, deck slope away from the cabinetry, grease handling, and a drain path that does not run toward appliances or the house all get settled in the approved design, using field-measured grades rather than assumptions.
Wind and smoke orientation
Wind direction affects whether smoke drifts into your seating or away from it. AE considers observed site wind patterns and nearby structures when planning the cooking side at your address. Any ventilation approach follows the selected appliance's instructions and the listed venting components — not a general rule of thumb.
Utilities and service access
Fuel type, meter capacity, run length, total connected load, and electrical circuits are verified by the qualified trades in the signed scope. Just as important: every appliance, shutoff, and connection needs to be reachable years from now, so service access is drawn before cabinetry is fabricated.
AHJ, HOA and manufacturer coordination
Requirements vary by address, by scope, and by the product you select. Municipal or county review, HOA architectural approval where one applies, and each manufacturer's installation instructions and listing all have to agree with the drawings before anything is built. AE builds to the approved written scope.
This planning board is a concept-stage tool. It is not permit, engineering, fabrication, appliance-cutout, code-approval, safety-inspection, or construction documentation. Field measurements, the selected manufacturer documents and listings, required qualified engineering, AHJ and HOA review, approved documents, and the signed scope control the final build.
