--- title: "Pizza Oven Thermostat and Control Repair" description: "Thermostats calibrated or replaced, probes, timers, boards and displays repaired, so the pizza oven holds the temperature the cooks set and shows the right…" url: "https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-thermostat-and-control-repair/" --- # Pizza Oven Thermostat and Control Repair Thermostats calibrated or replaced, probes, timers, boards and displays repaired, so the pizza oven holds the temperature the cooks set and shows the right number. ## What the pizza oven thermostat and control repair involves. A pizza oven only bakes the same pizza twice if it holds the same heat twice. On gas decks and many outdoor ovens a capillary thermostat with a bulb in the chamber opens and closes the gas; on electric decks a thermostat or a board switches contactors for the top and bottom elements; conveyor and rapid-cook ovens use probes, a controller and a display that also shows codes. Thermostats drift as their bulbs age, a capillary line kinks when a panel is removed, probes crack or give readings that wander with heat, and boards suffer from grease, flour dust and heat in the control compartment. The technician reads the chamber with a calibrated probe and compares it to the dial or the display at several set points. A thermostat that can be recalibrated is adjusted; one that cannot hold is replaced, its bulb set in the maker's clips. Probes are tested against a reference and changed when they wander. Boards, displays, timers and relays are checked with the oven running, and a board that has failed is replaced with the maker's part, with cooling fans and filters cleaned so it stays cool. The oven then runs through a full heat-up and bake cycle before the visit ends. How the visit goes ### What it usually costs Moderate · Thermostat calibrated or replaced, temperature probe, timer, controller board or display Recalibrating a capillary thermostat costs little beyond the visit. A new thermostat or probe is in the middle, and a controller board or display for a conveyor or rapid-cook oven is the dearest part here. ### Answers 5 problems Deck Oven Temperature Drifting Away From the Dial Setting Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display · Pizza Oven Not Getting Hot Enough to Bake a Crisp Crust · Pizza Oven Uneven Bake: Burnt Edge, Raw Middle, Pale Bottom · Burning or Hot Wiring Smell From an Electric Pizza Oven ### Comes up most on Commercial deck oven Conveyor and rapid-cook pizza oven · Outdoor gas pizza oven · Wood-fired pizza oven ### Codes that lead here Er1 · Er3 · Er4 · Er 5 Fontana Forni Er1: the Volta pizza oven has lost its chamber temperature probe. ## Pizza oven thermostat and control repair, step by step. Run a full heat-up and bake, and confirm the oven holds within a few degrees of the setting. 01 Read the chamber with a calibrated probe at several set points and compare it with the dial or display. 02 Check the thermostat bulb, capillary line, probes and wiring for kinks, cracks and heat damage. 03 Calibrate or replace the thermostat, and replace any probe or sensor that reads outside the maker's limits. 04 Test timers, relays, contactors, boards and displays, and read any code the controller has logged. 05 Run a full heat-up and bake, and confirm the oven holds within a few degrees of the setting. ## The problems it answers. 5 of them, from deck oven temperature drifting away from the dial setting to burning or hot wiring smell from an electric pizza oven. [All problems](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/) Most common ### Deck Oven Temperature Drifting Away From the Dial Setting 6 causes, cheapest first Before you call ### Tell us this when you book 1. How far off the oven seems, and whether it runs hot, cold or swings up and down 2. Any code on the display and what the oven was doing when it appeared 3. Whether the trouble is on one deck or chamber, or the whole oven 4. The make, model and serial number from the rating plate It also answers - [**Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display** 7 causes](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/) - [**Pizza Oven Not Getting Hot Enough to Bake a Crisp Crust** 7 causes](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-not-getting-hot/) - [**Pizza Oven Uneven Bake: Burnt Edge, Raw Middle, Pale Bottom** 6 causes](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-uneven-bake/) - [**Burning or Hot Wiring Smell From an Electric Pizza Oven** 6 causes · gas, fire or smoke at the oven](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-burning-smell/) ## Moderate, on the site's scale. Recalibrating a capillary thermostat costs little beyond the visit. A new thermostat or probe is in the middle, and a controller board or display for a conveyor or rapid-cook oven is the dearest part here. [Read the full cost guide](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/cost/) | Repair | Relative cost | | --- | --- | | [Pizza oven burner cleared or replaced, spark electrode, hot-surface igniter or spark module](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-burner-and-igniter-repair/) | | | [Thermocouple, pilot assembly, flame rod, gas safety valve or regulator](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-gas-valve-and-thermocouple-repair/) | | | [Hearth bricks reset, floor stone replaced, or dome and arch cracks packed and sealed](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-floor-and-dome-repair/) | | | **Thermostat calibrated or replaced, temperature probe, timer, controller board or display** | moderate | | [Deck oven heating element, contactor, terminal block or deck stone](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/deck-oven-element-and-deck-repair/) | | | [Conveyor belt shortened or replaced, sprockets, chain, drive motor, gearbox or speed control](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/conveyor-belt-and-motor-repair/) | | | [Impingement blower motor, bearings or wheel, cooling fan, filter or air fingers](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-blower-and-fan-repair/) | | | [Oven door, hinges, springs, gasket, heat shield, chimney cleaning or cap](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-door-and-chimney-repair/) | | | [Full cleaning of burners, floor, fingers and flue, with a gas leak check and a draft test](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-cleaning-and-safety-inspection/) | | ## Where it comes up most. Most bookings: Commercial deck oven, Conveyor and rapid-cook pizza oven, Outdoor gas pizza oven, Wood-fired pizza oven. [All pizza oven types](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/types/) Codes that lead here - [`Er1` Fontana Forni · Temperature and sensors](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/fontana-forni-er1/) - [`Oven lights stay dark` Lynx · Power](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/lynx-oven-lights-dark/) - [`Open` Marra Forni · Temperature and sensors](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/marra-forni-open/) - [`PROBE # OPEN` Middleby Marshall · Temperature and sensors](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/middleby-marshall-probe-open/) [All 21 codes that lead here](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/#family-temperature) Often the same visit - [**Deck oven element and deck repair** 4 problems in common · moderate](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/deck-oven-element-and-deck-repair/) - [**Pizza oven diagnostic visit** 3 problems in common](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/) - [**Pizza oven blower and fan repair** 3 problems in common · moderate](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-blower-and-fan-repair/) ### Commercial deck oven ### Conveyor and rapid-cook pizza oven ### Outdoor gas pizza oven ## The makes we see it on. 16 makes on this site, and the pizza oven thermostat and control repair on any of them. Each mark opens that make's own page. [All 16 brands](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/brands/) ## Pizza oven thermostat and control repair, where we come out. The kitchen, the climate and the building all change how the pizza oven thermostat and control repair goes. These notes are about that, metro by metro. [All service areas](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/) [Tampa Bay](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/) FL · 31 areas Summer lightning around Tampa Bay takes out control boards on electric deck ovens and rapid-cook units, and a pizza shop there that finds a blank display after a storm has it traced from the outlet to the board. - [Hyde Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/hyde-park/) - [Davis Islands](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/davis-islands/) - [Palma Ceia](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/palma-ceia/) - [Westchase](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/westchase/) - [Carrollwood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/carrollwood/) - [Belleair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/belleair/) - [St. Pete Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/st-pete-beach/) - [Palm Harbor](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/palm-harbor/) [Orlando](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/) FL · 30 areas Orlando's resort and attraction kitchens run digital pizza oven controls through long seasons, and a thermostat drifting a few degrees slows every order, so the probe and control are checked against a thermometer on the deck. - [Winter Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/winter-park/) - [Windermere](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/windermere/) - [Dr. Phillips](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/dr-phillips/) - [Bay Hill](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/bay-hill/) - [Lake Nona](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/lake-nona/) - [Heathrow](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/heathrow/) - [Celebration](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/celebration/) [Miami / South Florida](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/) FL · 47 areas South Florida humidity creeps behind a pizza oven's control panel and corrodes its connectors, and a display that flickers or a thermostat that reads high is often cured with new terminals rather than a new board. - [Brickell](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/brickell/) - [Coconut Grove](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/coconut-grove/) - [Coral Gables](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/coral-gables/) - [Pinecrest](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/pinecrest/) - [Key Biscayne](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/key-biscayne/) - [Aventura](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/aventura/) - [Sunny Isles Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/sunny-isles-beach/) - [Bal Harbour](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/bal-harbour/) - [Miami Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/miami-beach/) - [Golden Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/golden-beach/) - [Weston](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/weston/) - [Boca Raton](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/boca-raton/) - [Palm Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/palm-beach/) [New York Metro](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/) NY · 75 areas New York slice shops judge a deck oven by feel, and a sticking thermostat shows up as pale bottoms at lunch and scorched ones at dinner, so the technician calibrates it in a slow hour against a probe laid on the stone. - [Upper East Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/upper-east-side/) - [Upper West Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/upper-west-side/) - [Tribeca](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/tribeca/) - [SoHo](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/soho/) - [Greenwich Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/greenwich-village/) - [Battery Park City](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/battery-park-city/) - [Brooklyn Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/brooklyn-heights/) - [Park Slope](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/park-slope/) - [DUMBO](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/dumbo/) - [Forest Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/forest-hills/) - [Great Neck](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/great-neck/) - [Southampton](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/southampton/) - [Scarsdale](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/scarsdale/) [Houston](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/) TX · 36 areas Houston's storm season brings outages and surges, and a pizza oven control that reboots or forgets its settings afterward is checked for a failed board, a loose supply wire or a surge that reached it through the building. - [River Oaks](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/river-oaks/) - [Memorial](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/memorial/) - [Tanglewood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/tanglewood/) - [Greater Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/greater-heights/) - [Kingwood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/kingwood/) - [Bellaire](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/bellaire/) - [Bunker Hill Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/bunker-hill-village/) - [Piney Point Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/piney-point-village/) - [Hunters Creek Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/hunters-creek-village/) - [Sugar Land](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/sugar-land/) - [Cinco Ranch](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/cinco-ranch/) - [The Woodlands](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/the-woodlands/) - [West University](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/west-university/) [Chicago](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/) IL · 50 areas Chicagoland deep-dish pans need long, steady bakes, and a deck oven thermostat that swings wide lets the crust burn before the center sets, so shops there book calibration as soon as bake times begin to wander. - [Lincoln Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lincoln-park/) - [Near North Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/near-north-side/) - [West Loop / Near West Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/west-loop-near-west-side/) - [Wilmette](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/wilmette/) - [Winnetka](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/winnetka/) - [Glencoe](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/glencoe/) - [River Forest](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/river-forest/) - [Oak Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/oak-park/) - [Hinsdale](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/hinsdale/) - [Lake Forest](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lake-forest/) - [Highland Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/highland-park/) - [Gold Coast](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/gold-coast/) - [Lakeview](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lakeview/) [Los Angeles](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/) CA · 95 areas Los Angeles pizzerias and delivery-only kitchens lean on rapid-cook and conveyor ovens with digital controls, and a lagging touch panel or a probe error is diagnosed there through the oven's own service menu before a part is ordered. - [Beverly Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/beverly-hills/) - [Bel Air](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/bel-air/) - [Holmby Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/holmby-hills/) - [Brentwood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/brentwood/) - [Pacific Palisades](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/pacific-palisades/) - [Santa Monica](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/santa-monica/) - [Hancock Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/hancock-park/) - [Studio City](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/studio-city/) - [Calabasas](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/calabasas/) - [Manhattan Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/manhattan-beach/) - [Palos Verdes Estates](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/palos-verdes-estates/) - [Pasadena](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/pasadena/) - [San Marino](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/san-marino/) - [Malibu](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/malibu/) [San Diego](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/) CA · 31 areas San Diego's coastal shops see salt reach the thermostat bulbs and wiring of older deck ovens, and a thermostat that no longer holds is replaced and calibrated so the deck bakes evenly from its front edge to the back wall. - [La Jolla](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/la-jolla/) - [Carmel Valley](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/carmel-valley/) - [Point Loma](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/point-loma/) - [Del Mar](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/del-mar/) - [Rancho Santa Fe](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/rancho-santa-fe/) - [Coronado](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/coronado/) - [Encinitas](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/encinitas/) - [Solana Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/solana-beach/) [San Francisco Bay Area](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/) CA · 74 areas In the Bay Area, digital pizza oven controls often sit in tight kitchens where heat builds behind the panel, and a control that quits in the afternoon but works each morning points to its cooling airflow rather than the board. - [Pacific Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/pacific-heights/) - [Presidio Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/presidio-heights/) - [Russian Hill](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/russian-hill/) - [Noe Valley](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/noe-valley/) - [Sea Cliff](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/sea-cliff/) - [Hillsborough](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/hillsborough/) - [Atherton](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/atherton/) - [Woodside](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/woodside/) - [Palo Alto](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/palo-alto/) - [Los Altos Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/los-altos-hills/) - [Tiburon](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/tiburon/) - [Piedmont](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/piedmont/) - [Marina](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/marina/) For the heart of your home. ## Questions about the pizza oven thermostat and control repair. ### How far can a pizza oven thermostat drift before it matters? For pizza, a deck that runs twenty degrees or more away from its setting changes bake times and color noticeably. The cooks usually spot it first as pizzas that no longer come out the same at the same time. ### Can a pizza oven controller be reset instead of replaced? Sometimes. A code set by a brief power dip or an overheated board often clears after a reset and a clean of the cooling fan. A code that returns quickly points to a real part, and the technician tests it before anything is ordered. ### Why is the thermometer on my outdoor pizza oven so far from the real floor heat? A dome thermometer reads the air near the top of the chamber, not the stone. An infrared reading of the floor is often very different, and both are normal; the question is whether the oven heats the stone the way it used to. --- **[Read on the site: Pizza Oven Thermostat and Control Repair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-thermostat-and-control-repair/)** **[Book a visit with PizzaOvenRepair.center](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/schedule/)**