CBO-500
22½″ W × 26½″ D
A compact place to start.
17″ wide opening
1 × 12″ pizza illustrated
1 × 13″ × 18″ baking pan · outside rim
1 × 12″ skillet · 18″ including handles
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This oven uses the CBO-750 hearth. Compare the three sizes below; available formats and fuel options vary by size.
Dimension-based illustrations · Same scale and viewing angle across all three sizes
22½″ W × 26½″ D
A compact place to start.
17″ wide opening
1 × 12″ pizza illustrated
1 × 13″ × 18″ baking pan · outside rim
1 × 12″ skillet · 18″ including handles
28″ W × 38¼″ D
More room to gather.
This oven’s size
17″ wide opening
2 × 12″ pizzas illustrated
1 × 13″ × 18″ baking pan · outside rim
2 × 12″ skillets · 18″ including handles
39″ W × 53″ D
Room for a bigger menu.
21″ wide opening
4 × 12″ pizzas illustrated
2 × 13″ × 18″ baking pans · outside rim
4 × 12″ skillets · 18″ including handles
Performance & construction
Certifications
ETL Listed to UL 2162.
cETL Listed to CAN/ULC-ORD-C2162.
ETL Sanitation Listed to NSF/ANSI 4.
How your oven cooks
The low dome and vent draw flame across the dome and down the side — CBO’s FlameRoll™. Radiant heat, convection and conduction work together throughout the oven.
Convection
Air drawn through the opening heats inside the oven, moves toward the back and rises, then flows toward the flue. This continuous circulation carries heat through the cooking chamber.
Radiant heat
The fire and heat stored in the dome, walls and hearth radiate energy throughout the chamber. That retained heat keeps working as the oven cools.
Conduction
The hot hearth transfers heat directly to food or cookware in contact with it. Preheated cookware can then pass that heat directly to the food.
Illustrations show wood-fired cooking principles. Oven size and fuel equipment vary by model.
Picture the possibilities
A place to cook, gather and stay a little longer. Explore the possibilities of brick-oven cooking.
From the CBO kitchen
See how a chef brings a menu to life with Chicago Brick Oven.
A CBO cooking demonstration. Installation and equipment shown may differ from your selection.
With your oven
Oven components, installation materials and cooking tools, organized around the package for this model.
Site preparation, delivery placement, installation labor and any required utility or venting work. Review the complete setup with your installer.
Before the first fire
Start with the dimensions and the manual for your selected oven. Review the complete installation requirements with your qualified installer before building the supporting structure.
Use the current wood-fired oven manual to plan the supporting structure, ventilation and clearances for your installation. Review the model-specific drawings with your qualified installer.
This model is wood-fired. Follow the manual’s curing, fuel and firing instructions before your first cook.
Cooking surface is specific to the oven model. Consult the current manual for overall dimensions, support requirements and clearances.
PDFWood-fired oven manualOpen the current manual PDFProduct specification sheetOpen the specification sheetA few finishing touches
Review the package contents above, then choose any additional tools and accessories for your setup.
Owner experience
Reviews from across the Chicago Brick Oven pizza oven family, including earlier models.
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The unit is very stylish and very, very well built. This has been great and retains the heat for an unbelievable about of time.
We love our pizza oven so much! Everyone gets to make their own pie, so no complaints! We have been using it for a year now, and have become pizza snobs. Best investment for our patio!
After 3 weeks and 4 pizza nights with friends, it's been great. just the right size for building a good fire and plenty of room for a large pizza. Seems very well constructed and heavy-duty. Love the engineering design and the look, and comes with the right accessories. One suggestion: the wire brush would seem to be more useful and easy to use if the brush was turned 90 degrees, perpendicular, to the handle so easier to push the fire back and pull out the ash to the door.
Well packed and mounted on heavy duty plywood covered pallet. There is a ramp included inside the box.
Love the oven! Great product and great company to work with. Oven arrived in a large crate fully assembled. Unit weighs 750 pounds but the crate came with a ramp, so the oven was surprisingly easy to move from the pallet to its final position. The instructions provided were easy to follow and our first pizza came out great. Sales staff and customer service have been very responsive to questions.
A few more details
A little planning makes room for years of cooking. Our team can help you work through the details.
Ask our teamReview the current manual for your oven model, including the supporting structure, venting and clearances. A qualified installer can help you confirm the requirements for your planned location before you build.
Read the installation manualRead the current wood-fired oven manual and follow its curing, fuel and firing instructions. Complete the installation checks before starting the oven.
The Package Includes section shows the cooking tools supplied with your selected oven. Review that list before adding accessories to your order.
See what is includedContact our team for current availability and lead time for your selected configuration, and to discuss delivery arrangements for your project.
Ask our teamShare the current manual and model-specific drawings with your installer before planning the support, clearances, fuel supply and ventilation. The installation section brings the available resources together.
Plan your installation Read the installation manualYour next gathering starts here
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