Founded in 1958 as an engineering company in Brisbane, Australia, Beech Ovens built its first wood-fired oven in the 1980s. A Middleby Corporation company since 2011, Beech Ovens manufactures a vast array of commercial cooking equipment including stone hearth ovens, wood-fired models, gas-fired models, pizza ovens, duck ovens, tandoors, rotisseries, as well as specialty char grills, teppanyaki, shawarmas, and much more.