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Me & my family to a "T."

The origin of pizza is that they cooked it while waiting for the temperature of the wood fired oven to come down to temps appropriate to making bread.

My problem (besides the goats dismantling it, me living in snowy Vermont with no roof over the oven) was that a few specks of cob would fall off the oven & into the food every time. Not a big deal with bread but kind of a drag with pizza.

So the next version will be brick.

Where are you getting these from?

He could tell ya.... but then he'd have to kill ya...

From the oven maker.....

for my birthday Alex cooked about 30 pizzas in a couple of hours for all the party guests
then we had pizza for breakfast too...

Was your oven an adobe oven? You have inspired me to build my own... Seeing as how I have a big pile of mud in my backyard from the ponds I dug out. I tested my soil, which I found is about 50% clay, so I will need to add approx. 1 part sand and 1 part soil to get 75% sand 25% clay to make the adobe.

Seems like it should be easy to build. Make a frame, cover with adobe mud, burn out the frame. How did you make yours?

Buy Kiko's book or get it from your library.

The dome of the oven wasn't burned out. It was sand with a layer of paper over it, then the adobe on top. After everything was done, I dug out the sand little by little. I didn't think I'd ever finish but one day I came home & it had sort of unstuck itself (like a cake coming out of a pan).

It worked but like I said, when I rebuild it will be with bricks.

Thinking about building ovens join this mob
http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/

I brought a brilliant book with full instruction on building a brick oven, It even has recipies and advice on how to use it properly. I lent it to a handy friend who is going to help me build one in my yard. I just can't remember the title, but I got it from Angus and Robertson, in the DIY/ building section. Apparently you only need 150 bricks for the dome. If anyone is interested I will take a picture diary and post here as I build. Hope to do it May/ June. Weekend project

+1

I've just lashed out and got myself a new bbq/oven. It's actually a #5 Imperial Kamado, about 40 years old from Japan. It has the diameter of a large Weber, but more room inside and much better to cook with. They're made from earthernware and can be used as a mini "wood" oven for pizza and bread as well as grill, roast, smoke, slow cook etc with charcol or brickettes.

Looks good where did you get it

ebay
Some people brought a new house and found it in the shed when they moved in. They didnt know what it was apart from being some type of bbq.

Good score KE