Is a pizza oven required to be protected by a fire suppression system?
A special post by Art Shaw
This is a reoccurring question!
The following comments are based upon your typical pizza oven (chain type found at pizza hut, dominoes, or other major pizza chains) not the solid fuel ovens in use. If you watch any of the cooking channels you will have seen pizza ovens in New York that are heated by coal and ovens that are domed shape and fire brick lined where a few stick of wood are placed in the cooking area to warm the fire brick to cook a pizza.
Using the I-codes section 904.2.1 of the International Building Code states “Each required commercial kitchen exhaust hood and duct system required by Section 609 of the International Fire Code (IFC) or Chapter 5 of the International Mechanical Code to have a Type 1 hood shall be protected with an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system installed in accordance with this code”. The code commentary for this section and the corresponding section in the International Fire Code note the need for an approved automatic [click to continue…]
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