Pizza oven - Building one

[digerjones]

Giles. Think some folks use something called homebrew. A concoction of sand,lime,powered fire clay and cement.
I just bought fire cement (fondue ) and mixed it with fire brick grog( ground down fire bricks ) I know alot more about the job now than when I started.

[lutonlagerlout]

so is there another hole in the top or just the main oven one at the front dylan?
its definitely a work of art building it from scratch like that
cheers LLL

[digerjones]

Yes bit of a job but not that bad. There's just one chimney at front, that's next job. Not this weekend though, doing that big zip wire in north wales
Got to decide which pot.

[digerjones]

One for Tony. Which bricks or stone

[lutonlagerlout]

its a toughie,I wouldn't trust the class b's not to explode in the heat, stone will look better 100%

is the main heat source at the back of the dome?

and the chimney at the front draws the hot air from the back over the pizza/steak/kebabs?

showed mrs and miss lout these pics and they want a van like yours and a pizza oven

the dangers of the interweb

LLL

[digerjones]

Get a van like mine and get a trailer and build a mobile pizza oven. It would be a nice way of making a living, festivals, weddings etc.
The heat is at the back so that shouldn't be a problem. Now I've put them bricks up I think it might spoil the look of it, like your eye will be drawn to them. Less with hand made, but I don't trust them to blow. Think I'm thinking stone. I could lay a piece of stone flat but would that look as good as arch?

[digerjones]

What about this yellow pot might be better look with stone.

[lutonlagerlout]

I would spend a bit of time on the arch,its what you will see more than anything, can you not chop up some of that yorkstone I spy in the background?

long pot +more draw = hotter pizzas

LLL

[digerjones]

I think I'm going with stone, got tons and tons of the stuff hanging around.
No progress on oven this weekend, been having fun at zip world, North Wales
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[digerjones]

Here you go tony. I bought some tumbled Indian stone 150mm x50mm x 600mm and they worked out brilliantly for the job. The stone was off someone moving house, £10 for about 30 pieces, bargain.

[digerjones]

[lutonlagerlout]

looking good,cant wait for the first pizza
what will you do Dylan?
quattro stagioni?
LLL

[digerjones]

what will you do Dylan?
quattro stagioni?
LLL

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Had a few pizzas now. Basic Tesco pizza dough. Put the chimney on tonight. The oven is finished now, just the fibre insulation blanket and vermicrete layer and final waterproof render layer. And clad chimney in stone.
Cookie was right alot of work, about 10 days up to now and 400 materials

[lutonlagerlout]

how long does it take to cook stuff Dylan?
cookie was talking super fast with his
the problem I and most people have with normal ovens is that they just do not get hot enough for fast cooking!
LLL

[digerjones]

Not sure yet but fooking hot. Mate has seen one up to 1400 centigrade :p . I expecting 700 c. Had it to 350 no problem.