Olympic Kilns

Yes. We are an authorized Olympic dealer, so every Olympic kiln on this page is a new factory-built unit that carries its full manufacturer warranty and is supported by Olympic directly.

That also means the price you see here is a real dealer price rather than a grey-market listing. If you find the same Olympic model advertised for less by another authorized dealer, our price match guarantee applies.

Olympic Kilns builds in Flowery Branch, Georgia. We are in Murrayville, Georgia, roughly half an hour north, which is unusual for a kiln dealer: most of the industry sells Olympic from several states away.

The practical benefit is speed of answers. When a question is genuinely a factory question, such as an option that is not on the spec sheet or a detail about how a particular model is wired, we are working with a manufacturer in our own state.

HE is the stackable top-loading electric ceramic line and is what most studio potters buy. FL is front-loading electric, where you load at waist height through a door, in both small studio FLE sizes and the FL large capacity production sizes.

G is an updraft gas kiln and DD is a downdraft gas kiln. Olympic describes updraft models as introducing heat at the bottom and exhausting at the top, and notes they do not require a chimney to induce a draft. Downdraft models take exhaust and intake at the bottom and are the more complex system of the two.

The digits describe the chamber. The first pair is the nominal interior width in inches and the second pair is the depth, so a 1818 and an 1823 share a width and differ in depth.

The letters describe the build. Olympic designates cone 10 models with an H for high fire and builds them with 3 inch brick. The final letter is the heat source, E for electric and G for gas, which is why a 2327HE and a 2327G both hold 7 cubic feet.

For most home potters firing functional ware, the stackable HE kilns between roughly 2.6 and 4 cubic feet are the sweet spot. The 1818HE holds 2.63 cubic feet on a 30A breaker and the 1823HE holds 3.29 cubic feet on a 40A breaker, both rated to cone 10.

If your panel has no room for a 240V circuit, look at the 120V test and glass kilns instead. Our kiln finder will narrow it down by what you fire, your largest piece, and the power you have.

Olympic's own description is the clearest: the kilns come apart in sections, which makes it easy to move the kiln to another location or through a small opening.

That matters more than it sounds. A large top-loading kiln that arrives in one piece can be genuinely difficult to get into a basement or a converted garage, and a sectional body turns that into a job two people can manage.

Olympic equips its stackable electric kilns with an electronic controller that provides automatic programming for cone fire methods or ramp-hold firings, so you set the program and the kiln follows it.

Controller options vary by model and by line, and some models offer choices. Check the individual product page for the controller on the kiln you are looking at, or call us and we will confirm what a given configuration ships with.

It depends entirely on the model, so check the breaker figure on the product page rather than assuming. As examples, Olympic publishes a 30A breaker for the 1818HE at 21A on 240V, 40A for the 1823HE at 26.25A, and 60A for the single phase 2327HE at 47A.

A kiln draws its rated amperage for hours at a time, so electrical codes treat it as a continuous load and the breaker is sized above the draw. Have a licensed electrician confirm your panel has the spare capacity before the kiln ships.

By freight, not parcel. Shipping is discounted flat-rate freight calculated at checkout before you buy, based on the kiln's size and your delivery region, with no surprise charges afterwards.

That rate covers curbside delivery, residential delivery, appointment scheduling, tracking, and liftgate service where the delivery requires it. Standard rates apply across the contiguous United States. Alaska, Hawaii, US territories, Canada and international destinations are quoted individually.

Performing the manufacturer's recommended initial test firing will not by itself void a return, as long as the other conditions in our policy are met. Most retailers treat any firing as final sale, so this is worth knowing before you buy.

Read the full terms, including timeframes and condition requirements, on our returns page.