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Do you think a propane burner under that would work? I have thought about making a fire under there as well. Only the front is open on the bottom though, and I didn’t want the area in front of the door super hot when I am loading pizzas. I am trying to talk the owner into throwing a coat of...

Thanks Dale. I was looking at this post, wondering if it would get 100 hits before someone replied. I have been thinking of trying coal. I am having a tough time even getting hard wood for that thing, so that might be what I use. I have baked a lot of pizzas on the grill, but never used coal in...

There are quite a few shops out there in that price range. People who weren’t ready to be in business, or are just too tired to keep going who want to get something out. In general, if that is your price range, you can find something you can work with. A few tips though. You will want to dump...

MRG2004: Maybe you should work on your business plan and suppliers before proceeding much more with the build out.

You have two options. The first is to go with the company with the best afterservice. I worked with a company that imported 15 Blodgetts to Japan, and they were the only 15 in the country. Service sucked. Blodgett would not even ship a door handle directly to us. A possible better option is to...

I volunteer some weekends at a local ranch that does horse therapy for disabled kids, and one of their favorite things is pizza day. They have this tiny brick oven that never manages to keep up. Any tips or tricks I can use to keep the oven hotter or reduce bake times? Here are some pics so you...

I got invited out to a friends house to ‘help’ with dinner. They asked me to make a few pizzas in their ‘brick oven’. It is a tiny thing that can cook one pizza at a time. Anyone ever used a small wood fired oven like that before? What is the best way to keep the temp high enough to make more...

When I worked for Domino’s in college, we had the contract for a local baseball league. We sold small whole pizza for $5. They baked them at the shop and ran them over to the stadium. Attendance wasn’t very high, and I think the most we sold was 200 in a night, but it was profitable and I...

I won the national championships a few years ago in Japan with this pizza: Red Onion Green pepper tuna corn garlic slices cheddar cheese (Just a thin slice over the garlic) wasabi mayo

Don’t do it. Use that time to put some effective marketing in place.

LittleMissPizza: How about tossing out that Eisenhower era thinking? I mean really, not talking on the makeline?

Wow. The things you completely miss when out of the US for a decade.

I call BS. You have what? About 30g of flour in a cupcake (about 1oz)? That costs about 5 cents if you are using expensive flour, so 60 cents for a dozen. Less than a penny for frosting. $2.50 for shipping. And they were charging $40 for that? 10 Minute bake time, and in an 8 hour shift, that...

pizzasam: Yep. The numbers do not match up. How are you distributing the fliers and what kind of database marketing are you doing?

Terrible idea. Don’t sell yourself short. There are many many things you can do to increase your sales. Lets look at your market: 3% of your customers will only order from you. (You have a POS right?) The rest either are once in a blue moon (kids were in town), price sensitive (we had a...

I came across this article today and thought you might like it. Not so sure if it was focused on F%B business, but it nice to know that it isn’t as bad as it seems: Negative Employees Can Be Good for Business

Freddy_Krugerrand: Cut the BS. Throw up a business plan or a projected P&L. People aren’t bashing you for asking stupid questions. People are bashing you for asking questions and then ignoring intelligent answers.

NicksPizza: True, but would you want to do business with this guy?

I say take the money and run. Spend a few months in Bratislava writing up a business plan for your next place. The one thing that is guaranteed (well, besides taxes and death) is that the economy is headed down. Get while the getting is good.

Freddy_Krugerrand: Grab your ears and give your head a good yank. No business book, business class, or consultant ever said that, in fact, quite the opposite. I know many who tell you to never open a pizza shop in a town with no pizza shops, because you know they don’t eat pizza. Always open a...