There’s been a great deal of interest in How to Build a Wood Fired Oven recently. There is a wonderful Forum for people considering building one themselves from Cob and Clay Ovens right up to brick built Pompeii ovens. Have a look here if you fancy having a go yourself, it’s a great place and [...]
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14 Jun
First meal cooked in the oven
I fired her up again tonight, a little bit more, and thought i’d cook a meal, I got some nice mackerel and samphire and cooked the fish on my tuscan grill over some fennel shoots from my herb bed, and we enjoyed it with a nice zingy salad from the garden. I put the first scratch [...]
14 Jun
First firing
I’m really happy today, I had a small curing fire this morning and went out later this afternoon and was amazed by how warm it all still was, hopefully a good sign, the chimney seems to draw well so happy with that too, and I got the first layer of render on, here’s a couple [...]
11 Jun
Day 4
Day 4 has been wicked, I finished off the chimney, and then started the vermicrete, this was easy to mix, but difficult to get stick, so I used some chicken wire mesh to lock it in and slapped it on with my hands, I reckon I got a generous 4-5″ on especially over the top, it’s all [...]
10 Jun
Day 2 & 3
I got loads done yesterday, but struggled today as had torrential rain most of the day, have got the barrel cut and in place now and have covered with the first heat retaining layer of concrete about 3″ so far, I have put up the brick arch, but really struggled with it, hope it holds [...]
8 Jun
Woodfired Oven Build Day 1
Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:37 am Well I have made a start, all the goodies were delivered this morning. So I dug a trench for the foundation blocks and checked all was level, and built up 2 layers of block work, not the best of jobs but it’ll all be rendered to match the bbq, [...]
