A couple of weeks ago, we paid a visit to Bill Gardner’s Blue Wave Pizza in Narragansett, Rhode Island to see how he was faring with his infra-red oven, the new Vx5 custom-made for Emiliomiti with Remco™ technologies. During summer months, 900 beachhouses fill up with vacationing New England families and they all come to Blue Wave for pizza. Bill chose the Vx5 with the goal of efficiently meeting that volume.

And efficient he has been, and in more ways than just cranking out quick pizzas. Because of its revolutionary technology, the Vx5 uses just a fraction of the energy of a conventional gas oven (70,000 BTUs per hour)— and because it does not require a hood, the AC doesn’t get sucked out. Mr. Gardner’s monthly energy bill comes to $450, while a regular gas oven energy bill would be at least $1500, a savings of over $1000 per month alone— which makes a real difference in this time of rising eneryg costs. The Vx5 is truly green!

Bill’s beachtown, surfer-themed pizzeria turns out lovely margheritas, creative shrimp alfredo pies as well as local favorite hot weiner pizzas. He serves organic, fair trade coffee from Santa Cruz’s Surf City Coffee Company.

And in addition to enjoying fresh tasty pizza in a jiffy, his customers can feel good that they’re patronizing an establishment that is investing in green technologies.

The Vx5 is 5×5 ft., can crank out 250 pies per hour and due to its rotating deck, anyone can operate it. Pretty soon we’ll see fast food pizzerias using it!

“We’ve had at least 50 people tell us it’s the best pizza they’ve ever had,” says Mr. Gardner beaming. The pizzeria opened last summer and was an instant success.