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11-30-2012, 02:04 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: 05-14-12
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Pizza Oven....YEAH BABY! (Part 2)
For those of you that were following my original thread, I apologize for the lack of updates. Life has a way of getting in the way...
Anyhow, since my last post is so old I can't post to it anymore, so here is my original post followed by my new progress photos: Okay, it's not done yet, but I'm really excited that I got off my butt and got the ball rolling on this. I have been obsessed with pizza for years and I've been making my own for as long as I can remember, but I really hate making it in the oven. It still comes out really good, but it's lacking something. I've played around with a lot of different ideas to modify a grill, as I'm really not a fan of how pizza comes out making it on the grill...I had been thinking of a FrankenWeber type mod. Anyway, I decided to go a different route completely, so this is what hopefully is the start of something good: Dug out a hole a little over a foot deep (didn't take pictures of just the hole...filled it with about 5 inches of gravel: I topped that off with about 5 inches of concrete. I didn't get a picture of just the slab (not real attractive anyway, but this is just laying the bricks out to make sure I made the foundation big enough: Here's as far as I got today: Not too bad for a start...next weekend I should get a lot further on it. I'll keep adding pictures as I go. Wish me luck (because I seem to be severely lacking in the skill department!). Okay, here's the new stuff: Well, I'm getting pretty close now. The base is complete, along with the insulation layer. The firebrick floor is set in a slab of 1 part fire clay to 3 parts sand and is currently drying. Next up is to make the arch for the entry and then make the dome. I can almost tase those pizzas already! Thanks for looking!
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11-30-2012, 02:14 AM | #2 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 11-17-12
Location: South East Victoria Australia
Name/Nickname : Titch :-)
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Why the bottles in the build,just filling or?
cheers. Titch |
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11-30-2012, 06:42 AM | #3 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-06-10
Location: Stuart, Fl
Name/Nickname : Mike
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That is coming along quite nicely!
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11-30-2012, 06:55 AM | #5 |
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Join Date: 01-16-12
Location: Maine
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Love it so far man. I have to get off my duff and build one. Been salivating over them for a couple years now. My kettle attachment that CarolinaQue built me works great. You know you always want the real thing. Let's see more man.
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11-30-2012, 09:12 AM | #8 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 06-05-09
Location: Mooresville, IN
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Lookin good. This is inpspiring me to build one of my own. I've always wanted a pizza oven.
Following for sure!
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11-30-2012, 09:27 AM | #9 |
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Join Date: 03-20-12
Location: Los Angeles CA
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Nice, but you should have offset the fire bricks. So when you slid your pizza peel it doesnt chip the edge, and go in your food.
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11-30-2012, 09:10 PM | #12 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 11-17-12
Location: South East Victoria Australia
Name/Nickname : Titch :-)
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11-30-2012, 09:13 PM | #13 |
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Join Date: 06-21-11
Location: Liberty Lake, WA
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Looks really nice.
One thing, maybe move it six inches to the right.
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12-12-2012, 11:47 PM | #15 |
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Update 12.12.12
Well, I was going to go with a nice round brick arch, but discovered quickly that with my lack of knowledge and any real skill, I was going to have a problem getting it done....and I was worried about it holding up over time. Instead I went with this...stacked brick on either side, with steel bars running across the top with bricks set on top of those:
Beginning of sand form: Sand form done....this took a LOT longer than I expected. Almost everything so far has! Covering with wet newspaper: Building the clay dome: Well, I got the dome built a little over halfway before I ran out of clay and daylight, so I have picked up more supplies and will hopefully finish building the dome tomorrow. Then it's a matter of getting it dried out without any major cracks and digging the clay out. I'm starting to get excited about this now!
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