"Wood fired ovens are extensively used in restaurants and are constructed in backyards all around the world. However, their technical designs and performance using modern analysis tools have been poorly studied. In a scientifically rigorous fashion, this book covers the history, design and construction of wood burning ovens. Burning behavior of wood is explained and a section is dedicated to the types of heat transfers using simplified analogies, to avoid misconceptions that these ovens are only for bread products. In addition, the book presents selected Turkish recipes and fusion cooking techniques"--