Anyone built an outdoor brick oven?

[GoneOffShore]

I've been searching around and there are a lot of links our there for outdoor bread and pizza ovens.

I'm up for the project so i can bake bread, pizza and tarte flambée. Plus there's that whole yogurt making thing and roasting turkeys for the whole neighborhood.

Has anyone here built their own bake oven? Not gas fired, mind you. The real deal.

I expect to have it up and running by Labour Day.

[NMDemDist2]

1. H2S in three, two, one...........

since that's one of his dreams, I'll bet he'll be here in no time with suggestions

and we want PICS!!

[GoneOffShore]

2. Pics will be supplied

I'm intending to do a blog on this with a weekly progress report.
Should be fun.
I'll post links and stuff.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. I was poised to do this very thing, but life and a heart attack intervened.

We were going to build it ourselves, but I had a heart attack in January. Since then, we've become consumed in a (now nearly completed) house renovation on a rental property we own.

I'm thinking maybe next summer.

There are ***many*** sites on the internet that cover the gamut of oven styles, use, construction, pros and cons of one oven over another, etc. etc.

There is also a DUer who built several of them. Here's a link to an archived thread with her reply (Willy Lee). I really don't think she's posted here in years.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=236&topic_id=3501

[Stinky The Clown]

4. More DU thread links

Here's another thread with a short oven discussion in it. Also some good links in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=236&topic_id=16533

[GoneOffShore]

5. I really do appreciate the links

I think that doing this project will keep me sane over the summer as the election year wears on.

Nothing like some good manual labor to work out the frustrations.

And sorry about the heart attack. I remember when it happened. How are you doing now?

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I'm actually doing very well

I feel better than I've felt in years and years. I quit smoking, I go to the gym, and I eat a lot healthier. I'm no saint, and I cheat on stuff (mostly diet stuff), but overall, I'm way better off than I was. I actually feel MORE able to do the oven than I did before the heart attack.

[GoneOffShore]

7. Well, then perhaps this could be small race?

See which of us gets our oven built before Labor Day?

:evilgrin:

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Let's talk in the early Spring

Its possible.

By the way, do you have plans?

I'm going to do the Pompeii oven. I drew up my own plans for one.

[GoneOffShore]

9. I'm still in the "finding more links" "buying books" stage

I'll keep you posted.