Convertible Dome Ovens

One dome that runs on gas or wood, switched in a few minutes without tools. For kitchens whose weekday and weekend services genuinely want different things.

How it works

An LPG burner sits at the dome perimeter for gas operation. Take it out of service and the same hearth takes a wood fire in the conventional way. The flue is sized for wood at 200 mm — the larger of the two requirements — so draw is correct on either fuel.

Not a compromise on either side

The hearth and dome are built to run a real wood fire. This is a wood oven that can also run gas, not a gas oven with a wood option bolted on afterwards.

When it is worth the money

When both trading patterns are real. Gas for quiet, thinly staffed weekday shifts; wood when the room is full and the fire is part of what people came for. If ninety per cent of your service uses one fuel, buy the single-fuel oven and put the difference into a larger dome or a better finish — we will tell you that at survey.

See the 110 cm convertible.

Running both fuels in practice

Kitchens that use hybrids well tend to settle into a rhythm — gas Monday to Thursday, wood from Friday when the room fills and the fire becomes part of the experience. Switching takes a few minutes; the practical constraint is temperature rather than mechanics, since coming off a wood service means clearing embers before the burner goes back in.

The flue is sized for wood at 200 mm, which is the larger requirement. That means draw is correct on either fuel, and it removes the most common regret we encounter — an oven that cannot be converted later because the extraction was sized for gas.

Servicing

One visit covers burner tuning, flame-failure testing, flue sweep, and refractory inspection. The flue needs sweeping more often than a gas-only installation because wood produces creosote, but that is a difference in frequency rather than an additional contract.