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Building a Brick Oven - Anyone here have one?
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:00 pm
My wife and I have toyed with the idea of building an outdoor pizza oven. I'm leaning towards the Pompeii oven from Forno Bravo ( link here)
They sell most of the parts as a kit, but it is most likely cheaper to source the firebricks and refractory components locally. I haven't made any phone calls yet, just browsing and reading online, so I don't have any idea how hard the components are to find.
I figured this is a good place to start. Does anyone have an experience with these things? Built, own, sourced materials etc?
They sell most of the parts as a kit, but it is most likely cheaper to source the firebricks and refractory components locally. I haven't made any phone calls yet, just browsing and reading online, so I don't have any idea how hard the components are to find.
I figured this is a good place to start. Does anyone have an experience with these things? Built, own, sourced materials etc?
Posted on 3/5/15 at 9:06 pm to RaginCajunz
How often you make pizza?
What's your budget
What's your budget
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:13 am to RaginCajunz
My grandfather has one at this house that we use for smoking more than pizza, but we just don't make a lot of pizza. My advice would be what ever size yo think you need, double it.
Side note: Have you ever tried making pizza in the green egg? Had one at BiL's house once, it was good chit
Side note: Have you ever tried making pizza in the green egg? Had one at BiL's house once, it was good chit
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:55 am to RaginCajunz
I built a 42" Forno Bravo Pompeii oven and use it all the time. I sourced all the materials in the Baton Rouge area other than the fire brick. The brand carried by a supplier in New Orleans (Alsey) is superior to the fire brick sold in BR (Butler). I mixed my own high heat mortar. For the mortar ingredients, I purchased the fire clay at a ceramic shop in town and a particular type of lime and fine mason sand at an old Ace hardware on Foster Drive. Quikrete Portland cement was also used. The insulation came from an industrial insulation supplier in Gonzales. You can save money by getting the materials locally rather than purchasing online. Shipping costs will kill you.
I've cooked just about everything in it. Whole pigs, redfish, turkeys, kabobs, pizza, etc. If you want to smoke things, it's ok, but the smoke rises and the meat is on the floor so you don't get a lot of smoke moving over the meat. Did smoke pastrami over the weekend that came out great.
I've cooked just about everything in it. Whole pigs, redfish, turkeys, kabobs, pizza, etc. If you want to smoke things, it's ok, but the smoke rises and the meat is on the floor so you don't get a lot of smoke moving over the meat. Did smoke pastrami over the weekend that came out great.
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