il Faggetto

il Faggetto is the ultimate wood fuel for pizza ovens. Designed from the ground up as the perfect food-grade wood fuel for wood-fired ovens. This ultra-compressed wood briquette is made from 100% dry beech, with no additional binders or additives, and manufactured using the latest briquetting technology.

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il Faggetto marries together the best of tradition with modern science and technology. The briquettes are chemically and bacteriologically certified for the cooking of food.

Because of the low moisture content and nature of the briquette, they burn hot, long, and consistent each time.  They can be used whole or broken into pieces making them suitable for small and large ovens, making them very economical.

il Faggetto

il Faggetto marries together the best of tradition with modern science and technology. The briquettes are chemically and bacteriologically certified for the cooking of food.

Because of the low moisture content and nature of the briquette, they burn hot, long, and consistent each time.  They can be used whole or broken into pieces making them suitable for small and large ovens, making them very economical.

More Heat, Less Quantity

Our unique process of manufacture modifies the combustion balance between convective and radiant heat.  This means you need less quantity of briquettes to generate the heat for the oven compared to firewood logs and other briquettes, and maintains the oven at a constant temperature.  Our briquettes will typically produce 80-120% more heat for the same weight of kiln-dried logs.  This makes them very cost-effective.

il Faggetto has been tested and endorsed by leading oven manufacturers and pizza chefs in Italy and around the world.  They are perfect for fixed, mobile, large domestic and commercial wood-fired ovens.

At a glance:

  • 100% Beech
  • Consistent product
  • The ultimate in safety, cleanliness and convenience
  • High energy content
  • Economical
  • Meets requirements of HACCP
  • Chemical and bacteriological certification
  • Independent certification to ISO17225
  • From independently certified, fully sustainable, sources
  • 100% renewable low-carbon cooking


Material: Super-compressed 100% pure beech briquette
Application: Specific for pizzerias, mobile and fixed wood-fired ovens
Advantages: Consistent combustion. Economical and powerful: 60Kg of il Faggetto produces better results than 100Kg of kiln dried wood logs. High levels of radiant heat. Very low ash content as il Faggetto contains no bark. Safe cooking is ensured as no chemicals, additives or binders are used in manufacture.
Energy value: >18.8 MJ/kg
Moisture: <8%
Weight: 18Kg carton
Quantity: 8 briquettes per carton
SKU: Sitta51

Production of il Faggetto

il Faggetto vs. Wood Logs

il Faggetto Lighting Techniques

Full Pallets

Size: 120x80x157cm
Pallet Weight: 884Kg
Quantity: 48 Cartons

Half Pallets

Size: 120x80x86cm
Pallet Weight: 452Kg
Quantity: 24 Cartons

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Biomass plus certification
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Low carbon cooking
Low carbon cooking

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