A custom outdoor fireplace with an integrated pizza oven is the ultimate cooking and entertaining centerpiece for a Broken Arrow backyard. VistaScapes builds combined outdoor fireplace and pizza oven structures in Broken Arrow Oklahoma — masonry units designed from the start to house both a traditional fireplace hearth and a high-temperature wood-fired pizza oven in a single architectural structure.
How Pizza Ovens and Fireplaces Work Together
A wood-fired pizza oven and an outdoor fireplace share a common need for high heat and proper draft — but they function differently and cannot share a single flue. When we design combined fireplace and pizza oven structures, both the fireplace and the pizza oven have independent fireboxes and independent flue systems within a single masonry structure. The result is a unified architectural form that houses two separate fire features with different purposes.
Pizza Oven Construction
Wood-fired pizza ovens require very specific construction to reach and maintain the 700°F to 900°F temperatures needed for authentic Neapolitan-style pizza. Our pizza oven builds include:
- Refractory firebrick floor — the hearth floor where the pizza cooks must be dense firebrick that absorbs and holds heat
- Dome or barrel vault construction — the oven chamber is built as a dome or arch from refractory brick or poured refractory castable material
- Insulation layer — ceramic fiber blanket or insulating castable over the dome retains heat for extended cooking sessions
- Masonry outer shell — the exterior finish matches the adjacent fireplace in stone, brick, or stucco
- Chimney and draft opening — correctly sized for the oven volume to create proper draft and prevent smoke from entering the oven chamber
Combined Structure Design Options
We design combined fireplace and pizza oven structures in several configurations to fit your outdoor space and budget:
- Side-by-side — pizza oven and fireplace share side walls with independent fireboxes and chimneys. Most common layout for equal prominence of both features.
- Pizza oven above fireplace — pizza oven mounted at a comfortable working height above the fireplace on a masonry base, with the fireplace at grade below. Compact footprint, impressive visual height.
- Pizza oven integrated into outdoor kitchen — pizza oven built into an outdoor kitchen counter run with the fireplace as an adjacent separate structure. Best for serious outdoor cooking enthusiasts.
Masonry Finish Options
The exterior finish of your combined fireplace and pizza oven structure can be anything we build for our standard outdoor fireplaces: natural stone veneer, full-depth brick, Oklahoma limestone, stucco, or a combination. We design the exterior so the pizza oven dome is either visible as a design feature or enclosed within the masonry structure for a cleaner look.
Ready to build an outdoor fireplace with pizza oven in Broken Arrow? Call VistaScapes at 918-779-1317 for a free design consultation. We build custom combined fire features throughout Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, and all of northeast Oklahoma.
