brick built oven?

[janeyo]

Somone built one of these and I can't remember who it was.....

Mr janeyo is after building one to cook pizzas and naan etc in.

If anyone has built one pease can I have pics and info... Thanks

[jacob marley]

I think you will find out it was mr Snadger. jacob

[Kleftiwallah]

I'm in the process of knocking one up. I had to put it on hold due to the frosts. I'll tidy it up and take a few snaps in a day or so, weather permitting. Cheers, Tony.

[ladylottie]

Didn't Hugh F-W give us the basics on building one on a recent cookery programme? He then went on to cook pizzas for a crowd of people.

[scarey55]

I think it was Pigletwillie

*goes off to see if I can find it

[scarey55]

Is it like this Janey? I think he might have something about it on his blog too.

[Mikey]

I still haven't finished the one I started last year, and won't probably until the summer, the following forum I found very helpful when starting mine. Terry who runs it is very helpful, in the same way that everyone here is also.

UK Wood-Fired Oven Forum - Home

If you are to do it properly janeyo, you are looking at a cost of around £500-£600.00. The fire bricks, thermal blanket, correct cement, all add up to why I still haven't finished mine yet.

You can do it cheaper, with old bricks or clay, but you will be redoing it come the frosts.

[Patchninja]

Funnily enough, we were talking with friends last night who had one and said it was a right PITA - hours to get the thing hot, needing hours of attention......... No personal experience, though.

[chris]

I saw PW's one before, I'm gong to build one too - next to a BBQ that I'm planning to build too. I'm going to go the clay route, and will cover / insulate in the winter.

[julesapple]

I know those as Kleftiko ovens. Is this any use?

Ooohh, could just go for a big pot of Kleftiko now!

[Kleftiwallah]

Don't buy firebricks, scour round and you will find the bricks used in night storage heaters. Lateral thinking rools. Cheers, Tony.

[chefgage]

this is something i am planning on doing this year when i have finished university in may. was thinking of building a bbq next to it as well. if all goes to plan i will post some pics up

[vicky]

I built 2 last year - both are now in serious need of repair even though both were covered over winter and one was insulated too! They are great fun to make and use, one is at the primary school and has had a lot of use cooking pizzas.
Made using clay mixed with sand, squished up well with feet in wellies. One made by forming 'bricks' from the clay and the other by building a mound of sand (layer of wet newspapers) and then moulding clay over it, once dry the sand is scraped out.
I tried 2 methods to see what worked best but after the winter neither has survived so method no 3 will be used this year (we've bough an old cast iron bread oven at the auctions - for a fraction of the cost of clay/sand!)
I'll try to load some photos - when I work out how to resize them!

[Hilary B]

We made an outdoor bread oven in Spain, built mainly out of the roof tiles we use out there (old or broken ones) stuck together and covered with clay. The 'floor' started out as a thinish concrete slab over hardcore, then an inch of clay over that. The actual build was a bit like making an igloo and I had to make a little hole in the top at the part furthestfrom the doorway.
Finally got to try it out at Christmas, only to finish cooking a couple of 'part-baked' baguettes, but it worked, and it was still hot some hours later.
The big problem was getting the fire to burn well, probably not helped by out fuel being a load of twiggy 'bits' off the olive trees.
Once well alight it burned for about an hour to be hot enough for baking purposes.

[hollychap]

i use a kettle barbeque to cook pizza with the lid on , when i tell people they always seem to look at me as if ive just grown horns