Authentic Pizza Ovens Maximus Mobile Pizza Oven Stand

Description

The Maximus pizza oven stand is Authentic Pizza Ovens' own cart for the Maximus Mobile, the one APO calls the Woody for its wood slat side shelves. It is a black powder coated steel frame, 27 inches square and 35 tall, with a steel shelf underneath for firewood, a pull out drawer under the oven for tools, a fold out hardwood shelf on each side, and two wheels on the right hand legs so one person can tip it and roll the oven across a patio. It is made in Portugal alongside the oven and fits the Maximus Mobile only.

The wood matters more than it looks. The side shelves are the landing for a peel, a dish, and a pizza on its way out, and they are the part of the Maximus pizza oven stand that lives outside without paint. Popular Woodworking's guide to exterior oil finishes gives the rule for wood like this: a penetrating oil rather than a varnish, wiped on and off, renewed whenever a splash of water soaks in instead of beading. A coat a season keeps the slats the warm color they arrive in.

The stand rides free on the same delivery when it is on an order with the oven, since the oven clears our $750 free shipping threshold on its own. Ordered alone, at 80 pounds boxed, it ships as a standard parcel at the standard rate, no freight and no liftgate. Nearly every Maximus Mobile we sell goes out on this stand, and every customer photo on the oven page that shows wood shelves is showing this cart.

The rest of this page covers what the Maximus pizza oven stand fits and where it puts the cooking floor, the shelves, drawer, and wheels, the wood slats and their care, using it on a deck, a patio, and in transit, when a built base is the better answer, and buying it from Crustify.

What It Fits and Where It Puts the Floor

The Authentic Pizza Ovens Maximus stand is built around the Mobile's 27.5 inch base plate. The top frame is 27.7 inches wide by APO's drawing, the oven sits on it with its base plate inside the rails, and nothing bolts through; the oven's 200 pounds hold it. It fits the Maximus Mobile in Black, Red, and Orange. It does not fit the Maximus Prime, which is 39 inches wide and takes APO's separate Prime cart.

The frame stands 35 inches tall, and the Mobile's cooking floor sits about 4 inches above its base plate, so on the Maximus pizza oven stand the floor lands at about 39 inches, the height of a kitchen counter plus a little. That is where you want it: high enough to see the pizza without bending, low enough to work a peel through the 15.5 inch door all night. On a 30 inch patio table the floor is at 34, which is back trouble by the third pizza.

With both side shelves out the Maximus Mobile pizza oven stand is 56.5 inches wide; with them folded down it is the 27 inch footprint of the oven, which is how it stores against a wall or goes through a gate. The lower shelf holds an evening's firewood, as above, and the pull out drawer holds the peel, the turner, and the thermometer when they are not in use.

Shelves, Drawer, and Wheels

Three things separate the Maximus pizza oven stand from a prep table. The first is the pair of hardwood side shelves, each 14 inches deep and about 29 long by the drawing, on hinged steel arms that fold flat against the legs when you are not cooking. One holds the dish and the toppings, the other takes the pizza off the peel. Together they turn a 27 inch oven into a 56 inch work station.

The second is the drawer, above. It is a shallow steel tray on runners under the oven, wide enough for the included stainless peel, the turner from the starter pack, a brush, and the thermometer, and it keeps them out of the weather without a trip indoors. The third is the wheels, two of them on the right hand legs, with fixed feet on the left. Lift the left side by the frame and the Maximus pizza oven stand rolls like a wheelbarrow, oven and all, from the shed to the patio and back.

The frame of the Maximus pizza oven stand is welded steel in a black powder finish, and it does not flex under a lit oven; owners run the Maximus at full heat on this stand with no shielding under it, because the oven's base plate stays cool and the steel shelf below is nowhere near the fire.

The Wood Slats and Their Care

The slats on the Maximus pizza oven stand are solid hardwood, oiled at the factory, and they arrive the warm honey color in the photos. Left alone outdoors they will gray in a season or two, the way any oiled hardwood does, and they will still be sound. If you want the color to stay, wipe on a penetrating exterior oil once a season, let it soak, wipe off the excess, and do the splash test in between: if water soaks in rather than beading, it is time. Never varnish them; a film finish on a shelf that takes a hot peel will chip and peel within a year.

Hot things go on the wood every night a Maximus pizza oven stand is in use, and the slats take it. A peel fresh from the oven, a pizza on a board, a ceramic dish out of the chamber; set them down. What the wood should not take is a cast iron pan straight off the coals, which will scorch a ring into any timber. A trivet on one shelf solves that.

Wipe the slats down after cooking, hose the frame of the Maximus pizza oven stand off when it is dirty, and in winter fold the shelves in and cover the oven. The cover fits over the oven only, and the stand stays open to the weather, which the powder coat and the oiled hardwood are built for.

On a Deck, a Patio, and in Transit

A composite or timber deck is the most common home for a Maximus pizza oven stand, and it works because the oven's heat stays in the oven. The base plate under the Maximus is cool enough to touch while the floor inside is at pizza temperature, and 35 inches of open steel frame sit between it and the deck. The clearances that matter are the oven's: 2 inches at the sides, 16 above the chimney cap, and a non combustible landing in front of the door, which on a deck means a steel or stone mat where ash and embers could fall from the mouth.

On a patio the Maximus pizza oven stand rolls to wherever the smoke goes away from the table, which is the advantage of a portable pizza oven stand over a built base. On a lawn the two wheels and two feet sit fine on firm ground and sink in soft ground; a pair of pavers under the fixed feet keeps it level and keeps the oven where you put it.

For transit, the Maximus pizza oven stand folds down to the oven's footprint and goes in a pickup bed or a trailer beside the oven. It is 80 pounds boxed and about the same assembled, so it is a two person lift into a truck, and it needs tying down like anything else. It is not a towing cart and the wheels are not rated for the road; move it, park it, cook.

Stand or Build a Base

Buy the Maximus pizza oven stand if you want the oven usable the day it arrives, if you want to move it, if you cook on a deck, or if you have no masonry to set it on. It is the answer for most Mobile buyers, and it is why the oven page recommends this pizza oven cart second only to the cover. The photo above is the whole set: oven, cover, stand, firewood on the shelf, and nothing to build.

Build a base instead if the oven is going into a permanent outdoor kitchen where it will never move, if you want a wood bay bigger than the shelf, or if you want the oven at a height the stand does not give. A block base with a paver cap, a stainless prep table, or a poured counter all work, and the oven page walks through each. What the base has to be is level, non combustible on top, rated for 200 pounds, and about 32 to 36 inches high; what it will not do is roll the way the Maximus pizza oven stand does.

Some owners do both: a base at home and the stand for events, or the stand at home and a rented table at the event. At 80 pounds and a folding footprint, the Maximus pizza oven stand is easy to own as the second option.

Buying the Maximus Mobile Stand From Crustify

Order the Maximus pizza oven stand on the same order as the oven and it ships free with it from the brand's Texas warehouse. Ordered on its own, it ships boxed at 80 pounds by standard ground from the same warehouse, at the standard rate; there is no liftgate fee and no freight on a stand alone order. Assembly of the Maximus pizza oven stand is a wrench and twenty minutes: legs to the frame, wheels on, shelves on their arms, drawer on its runners.

The Maximus pizza oven stand is covered by APO's accessory warranty against defects in the frame, welds, and hardware; the wood slats are a natural finish that grays with weather, and that is not a defect. Unused stands in the box can be returned within 14 days, with return shipping paid by the buyer. Inspect the box on arrival and note any damage on the receipt, since a bent leg is a shipping claim, not a warranty claim.

Two things belong with the Maximus pizza oven stand. The Maximus Mobile cover, which is a warranty condition on the oven and fits over it on this stand, and the five piece starter pack, which fills the drawer. The rest of the range is in our pizza oven accessories collection, the ovens are on the Authentic Pizza Ovens brand page, and chat and email go straight to the owner. Contact us with a question and you will usually hear back the same day.

Order the stand with the oven and it rides free on the same delivery. The Maximus Mobile clears the $750 free shipping threshold by itself.

KEY FEATURES

• Authentic Pizza Ovens Maximus Mobile pizza oven stand, the Woody, made in Portugal; fits the Maximus Mobile in Black, Red, or Orange, not the Prime
• Black powder coated welded steel frame on this pizza oven cart, 27 in W x 27 in D x 35 in H; puts the oven's cooking floor at about 39 inches
• Two fold out hardwood slat side shelves, each about 14 x 29 inches, for peels, dishes, and pizzas; 56.5 inches wide with both out, 27 with them folded
• Pull out steel tool drawer under the oven for the peel, turner, brush, and thermometer
• Lower steel shelf holds an evening's firewood
• Two wheels on the right hand legs and fixed feet on the left; a portable pizza oven stand you tip and roll like a wheelbarrow with the oven on it
• Oiled hardwood slats; a coat of exterior oil a season keeps the color, or let them gray
• Deck safe: the oven's base plate stays cool and the frame keeps the shelf well clear of the fire
• About 80 lb boxed; the Maximus pizza oven stand folds to the oven's footprint for storage and transport
• Ships free with an oven order, standard ground rate on its own, no liftgate fee
• Assembles with a wrench in about twenty minutes

SPECIFICATIONS

APO's drawing for the Maximus pizza oven stand is in centimeters: 70.3 cm (27.7 in) frame width, 143.5 cm (56.5 in) overall with both shelves extended, 87 cm (34.3 in) to the top of the frame, and side shelves of 36 by 73 cm (14 by 28.7 in). APO rounds the height to 35 inches on its listing; the oven's base plate sits on the frame and its cooking floor lands about 4 inches higher.

INSTALLATION GUIDE & USER MANUAL

Assembly. Unbox the Maximus pizza oven stand on a flat surface. Bolt the four legs to the top frame, fit the two wheels to the right hand legs and the feet to the left, fit the lower shelf between the legs, hang the side shelf arms and drop the slat shelves onto them, and slide the drawer onto its runners under the top frame. Check every bolt is tight before the oven goes on.

Placement. Set the Maximus pizza oven stand where it is level, with the oven's clearances in mind: 2 inches at the sides of the oven, 16 above the chimney cap, and a non combustible landing in front of the door. On a deck, put a steel or stone mat under the mouth. On soft ground, put pavers under the fixed feet.

Setting the oven. Two people lift the cold Maximus Mobile by the body, never by the stone front, and set its base plate inside the rails of the top frame, centered. Fit the chimney and cap and the thermometer as on the oven page. The oven is held by its own weight; it does not bolt down.

Moving it. Let the oven cool, fold the side shelves in, empty the drawer if it is full of tools, and lift the left side of the frame so the stand rolls on its two wheels. Roll on hard, level ground only. For a vehicle, take the oven off first; do not lift the stand with the oven on it.

Care. Wipe the slats after cooking and oil them once a season. Hose the frame when dirty. Fold the shelves in and cover the oven for winter; the stand itself stays uncovered.

WARRANTY INFORMATION

Term. Authentic Pizza Ovens covers the Maximus Mobile pizza oven stand against defects in the frame, welds, hardware, and finish under its accessory warranty, from the date of delivery, to the original purchaser.

Exclusions. Graying and surface checking of the hardwood slats from weather is normal and not a defect. Scorch marks from hot cookware set on the slats, damage from overloading the shelves, from rolling the stand on rough ground with the oven on it, from towing, or from misuse is excluded.

Claims. Contact us first with photos and your order number and we handle the claim with APO on your behalf. Damage in shipping is a separate matter: note it on the delivery receipt or report it within five days for concealed damage.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - FAQ'S

Your Questions Answered Before You Buy

These are the questions we get most often about the Maximus pizza oven stand, answered straight. If yours is not here, chat or email goes to the owner and you will usually hear back the same day.