Give Your Old Pizza Oven a Second Life with 800W IR Lamps
Ever notice how older pizza ovens just… struggle? You slide a pie in, and the heat drops. Or worse, one side is charred while the other is barely melted. It’s frustrating. We’ve found a way to fix that. Instead of sticking with those clunky standard heating elements, we swap them out for 800W short-wave infrared (IR) lamps. Here is the secret: these lamps don’t waste time heating up the air inside the box. They send energy straight into the dough and the toppings. It’s an immediate hit of heat. The Power Stuff We use 800W because that’s the sweet spot for getting that perfect, rapid “spring” in your crust. Since every oven is a bit different, we build these tubes to fit your specific internal dimensions. We make sure the heat actually hits the pizza where it counts. One quick heads-up: these are powerful. Before you swap them in, just double-check that your wiring and relays can handle the extra juice. You don’t want your wires getting too hot. Built for the Chaos of a Kitchen Commercial kitchens are brutal. We use high-purity quartz glass for the tubes because it can handle being turned on and off all day without cracking. And if your oven has a weird layout? No problem. We can customize the length, the end-caps, the lead wires—whatever you need. We want these to be a “drop-in” fix. You shouldn’t have to spend your afternoon drilling new holes in your oven just to make a lamp fit. What to Expect The best part is the speed. Your pre-heat time drops way down, and you get a beautiful, consistent sear on the cheese. But a word of caution: short-wave IR is aggressive. If the lamps are sitting too close to the pizza, you’ll burn your toppings before the bottom is even cooked. You’ll want to play around with the height or use a PID controller to dial in the power. Once you hit that balance, though, it’s a whole different experience.