Wood fired brick oven build

Carbon · Jul 3, 2010

Here are some progression shots of what I've been building the past few weekends.
It's a pompeii brick pizza oven which can be used for practically everything else from smoking low and slow to grilling, and anything in between taking advantage of its retained, residual heat after the initial firing. Interior floor space is 34" in diameter.
I'm currently curing the oven with a series of low and slow fires using charcoal briquette and will move onto burning wood and higher temps next week.
The one photo of the burn was my very first fire, just buring some scrap cardboard.
I still need to add stack height to the chimney to meet code and finish shaping and stuccoing the exterior.

Thanks for looking,
George

LMAJ · Jul 3, 2010

Pretty cool.

BruceKWHP · Jul 3, 2010

That thing is sexy! Great job on the build!

Blarg · Jul 3, 2010

Imagine the pizzas that will come out of there!

TheFinn · Jul 3, 2010

did you use Forna Bravo plans or is this of your own devising? Also how much did all the materials cost? I have been kicking around the idea of making a Cob Oven simply because i can get the whole thing built for about $30 but the brick ovens seem to be much easier to construct and that might be worth the extra money.

EatonHoggBBQ · Jul 3, 2010

I want one. That is neat.

Kevin · Jul 3, 2010

Very nice.

PTSidehow · Jul 3, 2010

:clap2::clap2::clap2::thumb::clap2::clap2::clap2: Looks to be a great looking oven, very nicely done!
:thumb:

Skidder · Jul 3, 2010

Nice work my dad was a mason and also trained me to be one. Never mind the pizzas can you imagine the other great food you can cook on that. Thanks for sharing.

aquablue22 · Jul 3, 2010

That's sweet........cant wait to see it finished! Thanks for sharing!!

Carbon · Jul 3, 2010

Thanks for all your thoughts and comments! Much appreciated.

TheFinn said:
did you use Forna Bravo plans or is this of your own devising? Also how much did all the materials cost? I have been kicking around the idea of making a Cob Oven simply because i can get the whole thing built for about $30 but the brick ovens seem to be much easier to construct and that might be worth the extra money.

Hi....I did go over their plans just to get some basic info but the majority of my build plans and ideas came from looking at dozens of other people's oven build threads.
So far this project has cost me about $1,000 and I pretty much have on hand the rest of the materials to finish this project. The most expensive components of the buid were the ceramic insulation boards and blankets, then the cost of firebricks.

George

BobBrisket · Jul 3, 2010

That is awesome!! Did you build the stand as well? Looks like maybe you used concrete forms to build it? I want one!

Bob

jocosa · Jul 3, 2010

Outstanding... simply outstanding! Great photos as well...

landarc · Jul 3, 2010

Beautiful work, you know your masonry it looks like. I see wood-fired chicken soon in your future.

antoant · Jul 3, 2010

Dude, that is a great looking oven. Your masonry skills are amazing. I wished my oven looked that nice. Congrats :clap2:

swamprb · Jul 3, 2010

Beautiful work!

Bonewagon · Jul 3, 2010

Very nice! I'd love one of those in my back yard. :thumb:

hammerz_nailz · Jul 3, 2010

That's an ambitious project and it looks great so far.
Very nice.

Carbon · Jul 3, 2010

Thanks guys, for the additional thoughts!

The oven had a lot of residual heat from last night's 500 degree curing fire and with fuel spent during the night, the oven still held over 300 degrees all day long today. This should improve further as the oven drys out with continued firings.

With all this heat in the oven I decided to throw a rack of spareribs in there this evening. I left it in there for about 3 hours, no foiling, and I must say, I was pretty happy with the result, being the very first food item to cook in the oven.

I also did some additional work on the oven while the ribs were going...

George

pahutchens · Jul 6, 2010

Wow great job, been looking and thinging about one of those for a long time. I really like the base design will you share it?

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