--- title: "Alfresco Pizza Oven Repair | PizzaOvenRepair.center" description: "Alfresco pizza oven repair. An Alfresco pizza oven call begins with the gas shut and a flashlight run along the burner and the igniter tip before anyone tries a…" url: "https://pizzaovenrepair.center/brands/alfresco/" --- # Alfresco Pizza Oven Repair An Alfresco pizza oven call begins with the gas shut and a flashlight run along the burner and the igniter tip before anyone tries a light-off. ## Alfresco pizza ovens, specifically. Alfresco's Pizza Oven Plus (AXE-PZA) is a stainless gas oven with two separate heat sources: a ceramic infrared burner under the hearth stones and a tube burner behind a ceramic log at the back. It comes as a countertop unit, a built-in model and on a cart, and its always-on hot surface ignition means the oven needs steady 120-volt power to keep burning. The Alfresco lineup ### Builds 1 pizza oven type Outdoor gas pizza oven ### Called out for Gas Pizza Oven Won't Light: Clicks, Gas Hiss, Still No Flame and 6 more problems on Alfresco ### Repairs we do 10 repairs, on any make Pizza oven diagnostic visit · Pizza oven burner and igniter repair · Pizza oven gas valve and thermocouple repair · Pizza oven floor and dome repair ### Error codes Igniter keeps glowing after the burner lights · No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds 2 Alfresco codes with a page of their own ## The Alfresco lineup. Alfresco builds 1 of the 4 pizza oven types this site covers. Which one decides how the visit is planned. [All pizza oven types](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/types/) Outdoor gas ### Outdoor gas pizza oven **5** of the problems we see on Alfresco come up on it Outdoor gas pizza oven repair ## What is particular to Alfresco. We service the Alfresco Pizza Oven Plus as the AXE-PZA countertop model, the AXE-PZA-BI built-in and ovens on the AXE-PZA-CART, plus the older ALF-PZA. Alfresco also sells the ARTP-PZA under its Artisan name with its own manual and parts list, so the serial plate decides what we bring. ### Two burners doing two jobs The infrared hearth burner sits under the stones and heats the floor; the log burner at the back throws flame over the pizza. When the top browns and the crust stays pale, or the reverse, we check each burner on its own before blaming the stones. ### Ignition that stays lit on purpose Spiral hot surface igniters glow the whole time a burner is on, ready to relight it after a gust of wind. That also means a power cut closes the safety gas valves within half a minute, so an Alfresco that shuts off by itself may be losing power, not gas. ### An infrared burner that hates water The ceramic panel of the hearth burner is damaged by water, and Alfresco says never to wash the hearth stone while it sits in the oven. A burner that glows in patches after a hose-down or a hard rain needs to be checked before the oven is used again. ### Insects in the burners Alfresco warns that spider and insect nests can send gas out the front of a burner, where it can ignite behind the control panel. Yellow flames with a gas smell, uneven heat or popping are the signs it lists, and all of them mean the oven should stay off. Parts Alfresco keeps two AXE-PZA manuals, one for serial numbers up to 17-99999 and one from 18-00000 on, so the serial decides which parts book we work from. Hot surface igniters, the infrared burner, the hearth stones and the halogen oven lamp are the parts we order most. Repair or replace Igniters, a burner, the hearth stones, the oven lamp or a blocked orifice are straightforward repairs on an Alfresco. Heat or flame damage inside the control area is the case where we look hard at the cost of repair against a new oven. Book your Alfresco visit ## What we are called out for. On Alfresco, most often gas pizza oven won't light: clicks, gas hiss, still no flame. [All problems](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/) Alfresco error codes [`Igniter keeps glowing after the burner lights` Mode, not a failure](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/alfresco-igniter-glows-while-lit/) [`No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds` Ignition and flame](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/alfresco-no-igniter-glow/) [All Alfresco codes](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/#codes-alfresco) ### Gas Pizza Oven Won't Light: Clicks, Gas Hiss, Still No Flame 7 causes, cheapest first ### Pizza Oven Not Getting Hot Enough to Bake a Crisp Crust 7 causes, cheapest first ### Pizza Oven Uneven Bake: Burnt Edge, Raw Middle, Pale Bottom 6 causes, cheapest first Gas, fire or smoke at the oven ### Pizza Oven Gas Smell Near the Burner or Supply Line: Act First 6 causes, cheapest first Gas, fire or smoke at the oven ### Flames Rolling Out of the Pizza Oven Mouth or Chimney 6 causes, cheapest first ### Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Smoking Heavily Out of the Chimney Top 6 causes, cheapest first ## Not a Alfresco? 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That is the design. The spiral hot surface igniters stay on while the burner runs so they can relight it if wind or a drop in gas puts the flame out. A glow on its own is nothing to fix. ### My Alfresco pizza oven shut off by itself. What happened? If power is interrupted, the safety gas valves close within 10 to 30 seconds, and the oven starts again once power returns. Look at the GFCI outlet and the cord before you suspect the gas supply. ### Can I clean the Alfresco hearth stone with water? Not while it is in the oven. Liquid can reach and ruin the infrared burner below, so Alfresco has you burn food off on high heat, then lift the cooled stone out and brush or vacuum it. ### How long should the Alfresco hearth burner preheat? Alfresco asks for 15 minutes on MAX before cooking. If the oven is still short of heat after that, the gas supply, the regulator and the burner ports are the next things to look at. --- **[Read on the site: Alfresco Pizza Oven Repair | PizzaOvenRepair.center](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/brands/alfresco/)** **[Book a visit with PizzaOvenRepair.center](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/schedule/)**