".....realms of the obsessive......."
indeed. I've spent lots of time in Italy - Turin/Piedmont/Sicily/Naples/'east coast'/ Venice-area-into-the- Dolomites . . .
methinks the issue is a local pride issue - which is actually unrelated to "tastes good"
regardless..... wood auto-ignition temp is 451' Fahrenheit. there's a book about that.....
the vastest majority of home ovens design for install around wood do not exceed 500'F - for safety reasons.....
our most recent replacement says it will go to 550'F - done that - display reads 550'F - does preheat a baking stone super well.
