Outdoor pizza and bread oven?

Egon · Feb 24, 2009

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/123928-brick-oven.html

Prokops Oven.

sixdogs · Feb 24, 2009

Many thanks....

johntab · Feb 24, 2009

No topic on bread is complete unless you have a good recipe:

Easy, No Knead Crusty Bread

recipe is on page 2

This is so easy that even I can make it. My mother makes it every day. I have an aunt who took her dutch oven to Florida on vacation so she could bake this daily.

TDVT · Feb 24, 2009

You need to go to this site:

FORNO BRAVO

It is one of my regular stops on the net.
LOTS of information.
They also have a free, downloadable book for constuction of their Pompeii oven design.

sixdogs · Feb 25, 2009

Wow--after this one thread I have learned more than in months of trying on my own. The last one is a wood-fired forum. What more could a guy want? Don't answer; making wine is for next year.

Thanks you all very much.

beardley · Mar 8, 2009

I built an earth oven last summer. The great thing about earth ovens is if you play your cards right, the only thing it costs is your time!!

Amazon.com: Build Your Own Earth Oven, 3rd Edition: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves: Kiko Denzer, Hannah Field: Books

Here is a few pics of it in process. Sticking with the theme I used an old tractor tire as the foundation filled with field stones! I actually just uploaded these, so they aren't organized very well, but you'll get the idea.

oven - Zorpia: Album - Photo Sharing - Zorpia - Share Photos, Make Friends

dcyrilc · Feb 4, 2011

Sixdogs,

Did you ever build your oven?

sixdogs · Feb 4, 2011

dcyrilc said:
Sixdogs,

Did you ever build your oven?

No--I faced a crisis of confidence. At this very moment, however, my wife is on the way to pick up the library book--- The bread builders : hearth loaves and masonry ovens --so I can keep the dream alive.
To me anyway, it's a a daunting task requiring skills I don't posess and don't think I can become proficient at with just one oven. And the world does not need another mediocre oven builder. By the way, that book is so popular it took me a number of months to get it on reserve. So others have the same ideas.

I retired a few months back so my plan now is to talk with a new family that came into town from an eastern bloc country. He is a mason by trade and plenty smart so I'm going to talk with him about having it done.
In the meantime I have been baking some great pizza and Italian bread in the oven on a stone. It is very good but nothing beats things baked in a wood fired oven.
There is a thread with pictures of an oven built by Czechsonofagun that is as nice as they come----they guy has it figured out and has the skills to do it.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/123928-brick-oven.html

Wish I had more to report.

dcyrilc · Feb 4, 2011

sixdogs said:
No--I faced a crisis of confidence. At this very moment, however, my wife is on the way to pick up the library book--- The bread builders : hearth loaves and masonry ovens --so I can keep the dream alive.
To me anyway, it's a a daunting task requiring skills I don't posess and don't think I can become proficient at with just one oven. And the world does not need another mediocre oven builder. By the way, that book is so popular it took me a number of months to get it on reserve. So others have the same ideas.

I retired a few months back so my plan now is to talk with a new family that came into town from an eastern bloc country. He is a mason by trade and plenty smart so I'm going to talk with him about having it done.
In the meantime I have been baking some great pizza and Italian bread in the oven on a stone. It is very good but nothing beats things baked in a wood fired oven.
There is a thread with pictures of an oven built by Czechsonofagun that is as nice as they come----they guy has it figured out and has the skills to do it.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/123928-brick-oven.html

Wish I had more to report.

Check out Mark's Thread (polo1665). He's doing a pretty good job of documenting the build he did and it looks like it could be done fairly easily without having to be an expert mason.:thumbsup:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/195199-patio-outdoor-kitchen-project.html

sixdogs · Feb 4, 2011

dcyrilc said:
Check out Mark's Thread (polo1665). He's doing a pretty good job of documenting the build he did and it looks like it could be done fairly easily without having to be an expert mason.:thumbsup:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/195199-patio-outdoor-kitchen-project.html

Thank you very much.
His pictures are very helpful.