Wood Stone Oven Company History
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In late 1989, during a routine call on a key customer, Keith Carpenter learned that a customer was struggling to find a wood fired stone hearth or 'brick oven' that could stand up to the rigors of the American commercial kitchen. The idea of building a wood fired oven suited to the rigors of a modern American kitchen intrigued him and led him to contact Harry Hegarty. Harry had been building large scale, high temperature ceramic incinerators for the forest products industry for 17 years. This was to be an eventful meeting. In April 1990 Keith and Harry founded Wood Stone and were soon revolutionizing stone hearth cooking. In 1995 we introduced gas-fueled and gas-assist stone-hearth ovens, with many different configurations to meet different production requirements. Wood Stone gas-fired ovens are carefully designed to be responsive to the demanding needs of high production cook lines. Now customers know they can get "wood-fired flavor" from a gas-fired oven! In 2007, Wood Stone expanded its manufacturing capacity and capabilities. The project included a new 57,500 foot manufacturing facility, a new Research and Development laboratory and a state of the art integrated metal fabrication system that will be used to produce its products. Wood Stone Metal Works was introduced in 2010 to offer design, fabrication and sheet metal solutions. Wood Stone's product line has grown over the years and now in addition to several types of stone-hearth ovens also includes rotisseries, charbroilers and tandoor ovens in both solid fuel and gas fuel types. Visit the Product Catalog for information on specific product offerings.
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