A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.

This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
a condo.

http://brickwoodovens.com

what a fabulous idea.

On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>
> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
> a condo.
>
> http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> what a fabulous idea.

Whatta costly sumbitch! $1000 to build yer own brick oven? I'm
not seeing the price of the plans. I am seeing the tools, which are
another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. Yeah,
cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.

You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? There are cheaper
alternatives. If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
some links I have. Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
one of my own, but two K is too much!

nb

--
vi --the heart of evil!

On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> > brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> > This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> > a condo.
>
> >http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> > what a fabulous idea.
>
> Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
> some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
> one of my own, but two K is too much!

If you want your own woodfired oven, this one is $2K out the door:

http://www.alfrescoimports.com/oven/

On Apr 17, 2:24*pm, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > > A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> > > brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> > > This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> > > a condo.
>
> > >http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> > > what a fabulous idea.
>
> > Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> > not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> > another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> > cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> > You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> > alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
> > some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
> > one of my own, but two K is too much!
>
> If you want your own woodfired oven, this one is $2K out the door:
>
> http://www.alfrescoimports.com/oven/- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yeah, if I wanted one that small or that unsteady. If I had a yard
I'd want a nice sturdy built in one like these.'
But that's just me.

On Apr 17, 3:02*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2:24*pm, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:
>
> > > On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > > > A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> > > > brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> > > > This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> > > > a condo.
>
> > > >http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> > > > what a fabulous idea.
>
> > > Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> > > not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> > > another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> > > cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> > > You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> > > alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
> > > some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
> > > one of my own, but two K is too much!
>
> > If you want your own woodfired oven, this one is $2K out the door:
>
> >http://www.alfrescoimports.com/oven/-Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Yeah, if I wanted one that small or that unsteady. * If I had a yard
> I'd want a nice sturdy built in one like these.'
> But that's just me.

No difference if you want to bake round pizzas, because they're both
22 inches wide inside. Personally, I'd rather have an oven that I
could take with me that weighed only 350 lbs, than one that required
leaving over a ton of brick in a back yard when I moved. The Al Fresco
looks a lot like the backyard Portuguese ovens in Hawaii.

On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> > brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> > This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> > a condo.
>
> >http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> > what a fabulous idea.
>
> Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
> some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
> one of my own, but two K is too much!
>
> nb
>
> --
> vi --the heart of evil!

Well, if you are a skilled brickmason, have at it. Even in todays
world I don't know how you could build
an oven that comes out this nice for much cheaper. This looks like
it's brick oven for dummies proof.

On Apr 17, 3:02*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > > A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> > > brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> > > This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> > > a condo.
>
> > >http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> > > what a fabulous idea.
>
> > Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> > not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> > another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> > cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> > You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> > alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
> > some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
> > one of my own, but two K is too much!
>
> > nb
>
> > --
> > vi --the heart of evil!
>
> Well, if you are a skilled brickmason, have at it. * * Even in todays
> world I don't know how you could build
> an oven that comes out this nice for much cheaper. * *This looks like
> it's brick oven for dummies proof.

They don't show how you cut bricks to fit, trowel mortar at an angle,
or notch bricks to go around the chimnet. That cast concrete support
did not rain down from heaven, either. Probably would be easy for any
journeyman bricklayer though -- try to marry one.

ImStillMags > wrote:

>On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:
>> On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>>
-snip-
>>
>> >http://brickwoodovens.com
>>
>> > what a fabulous idea.
>>
>> Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
>> not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
>> another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
>> cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.

-snip-
>
>Well, if you are a skilled brickmason, have at it. Even in todays
>world I don't know how you could build
>an oven that comes out this nice for much cheaper. This looks like
>it's brick oven for dummies proof.

Problem is- you still need to be a fairly skilled brickmason to build
that one. All they give you is the forms to do put the first layer
of cement. You'll likely get enough practice bricklaying the
firebrick to do a passable job on the brick that show. and if you
don't, you can always just mud the whole thing in.

One of the 'plans' I saw when I was looking at ovens had you build the
dome with sand-- then form mud over that. Let dry, dig out the sand.
Zero cost- minimal skill needed- lasts a couple seasons. Not all
that pretty. [but kind of cool, in a rustic way]

Jim

I wonder if you could build one using a bullet smoker and get a pizza
stone or unglazed ceramic tile that is just big enough to sit on the
grate, or cut a stone to size, and do it that way and burning wood
underneath. I bet that would work and it would be relatively cheap
and portable and might cost you 100 bucks or so. The only trick would
be getting the pizza in and out, but you might have to cut the
cylindrical portion of the smoker so the stone sits at the top and you
can just drop it on and put the lid on and pick it up easily. I have
a bullet smoker I haven't used in a couple years and am tempted to
give this a try. I really think this would work.

On Apr 18, 7:53*pm, Michael OConnor > wrote:
> I wonder if you could build one using a bullet smoker and get a pizza
> stone or unglazed ceramic tile that is just big enough to sit on the
> grate, or cut a stone to size, and do it that way and burning wood
> underneath. *I bet that would work and it would be relatively cheap
> and portable and might cost you 100 bucks or so. *The only trick would
> be getting the pizza in and out, but you might have to cut the
> cylindrical portion of the smoker so the stone sits at the top and you
> can just drop it on and put the lid on and pick it up easily. *I have
> a bullet smoker I haven't used in a couple years and am tempted to
> give this a try. *I really think this would work.

The Weber kettle spacer that sf referenced comes with a pizza stone.
As far as I can tell, this insert merely provides a slit through which
one can slide a pizza off a peel, without having to take the lid off,
with the resulting loss of heat. (It also has a bimetal thermometer
indicating the temperature exceeds 700 degrees.)

There seem to be a number of interesting discussions at the Virtual
Weber Bullet about adapters for making pizza. Also about modifying a
tamale pot to turn the portable Smokey Joe into a mini-bullet smoker.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:35:52 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
> > One of the 'plans' I saw when I was looking at ovens had you build the
> > dome with sand-- then form mud over that. Let dry, dig out the sand.
> > Zero cost- minimal skill needed- lasts a couple seasons. Not all
> > that pretty. [but kind of cool, in a rustic way]
>
> A friend of mine had one built out of straw and cheap clay. Worked
> pretty well for under $200.
>
> -sw

Way back in the late 60's, my younger sister got an Easy Bake oven for
christmas. One night later, I had the munchies and I cooked every one of her
snacks that came with it late at night while the rest of the family was
sleeping. Ummmm....so good@

I wasn't very loved there once it was discovered though.

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:02:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:
>> On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>>
>> > A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
>> > brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>>
>> > This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
>> > a condo.
>>
>> >http://brickwoodovens.com
>>
>> > what a fabulous idea.
>>
>> Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
>> not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
>> another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
>> cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>>
>> You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
>> alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
>> some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
>> one of my own, but two K is too much!
>>
>> nb
>>
>> --
>> vi --the heart of evil!
>
>Well, if you are a skilled brickmason, have at it. Even in todays
>world I don't know how you could build
>an oven that comes out this nice for much cheaper. This looks like
>it's brick oven for dummies proof.

It's just another gimmick (like pizza stones) for the imbeciles with
more dollars than brain cells. The ignorant dagos used wood ovens
because they didn't have gas and electric ovens... most of Italy still
hasn't gas and electric, they don't even have indoor plumbing... most
guineas ever heard a terlit flush it'd scare the shit outta them. LOL

Brooklyn1 wrote:

> It's just another gimmick (like pizza stones) for the imbeciles with
> more dollars than brain cells. The ignorant dagos used wood ovens
> because they didn't have gas and electric ovens...

I'm glad to hear that you never had a pizza baked in a wood fired oven, and
I hope you'll neveg have one: you don't deserve it

"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:02:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Apr 17, 2:00 pm, notbob > wrote:
>> On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>>
>> > A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
>> > brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>>
>> > This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
>> > a condo.
>>
>> >http://brickwoodovens.com
>>
>> > what a fabulous idea.
>>
>> Whatta costly sumbitch! $1000 to build yer own brick oven? I'm
>> not seeing the price of the plans. I am seeing the tools, which are
>> another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. Yeah,
>> cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>>
>> You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? There are cheaper
>> alternatives. If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
>> some links I have. Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
>> one of my own, but two K is too much!
>>
>> nb
>>
>> --
>> vi --the heart of evil!
>
>Well, if you are a skilled brickmason, have at it. Even in todays
>world I don't know how you could build
>an oven that comes out this nice for much cheaper. This looks like
>it's brick oven for dummies proof.

It's just another gimmick (like pizza stones) for the imbeciles with
more dollars than brain cells. The ignorant dagos used wood ovens
because they didn't have gas and electric ovens... most of Italy still
hasn't gas and electric, they don't even have indoor plumbing... most
guineas ever heard a terlit flush it'd scare the shit outta them. LOL
>
>
>

Sheldon you're full of it. Pizza must be baked on a stone. A stone with
enough mass to hold the heat for the 8 minutes it takes to bake the crust.
You must use stone because the stone absorbs the small amount of moisture on
the undersurface of the crust. This gives you a browned crispy crust. You
must use a substantial stone. Our 16" round stone weighs about 10 lb. The
wimpy stones you see at Walmart don't hold enough heat. You must bake pizza
at 550 F, if you can get your oven that high. It takes about 7-8 minutes to
bake a pizza.

Kent







Kent

On 17 Apr 2012 21:00:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
>> brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>>
>> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
>> a condo.
>>
>> http://brickwoodovens.com
>>
>> what a fabulous idea.
>
>Whatta costly sumbitch! $1000 to build yer own brick oven? I'm
>not seeing the price of the plans. I am seeing the tools, which are
>another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. Yeah,
>cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
>You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? There are cheaper
>alternatives. If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
>some links I have. Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
>one of my own, but two K is too much!
>

Not just the money-- In my research [and I *still* haven't gotten
around to mortaring things together] I'm pretty sure that is a
terrible design for a backyard oven. Too much mass, and not a good
shape. Domes are a lot more efficient unless you're intending to
cook 100 pizzas every time you pre-heat the oven.

Is fornobravo one of the sites you've checked out? I'd love to hear
the opinions of the guys on one of their forums.
http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/

They have a complete oven for $2150 [not that I'd spend $2K-- but if
I could have either oven free, I'd prefer the fornobravo one]
http://www.fornobravo.com/store/Prim...n-p-16302.html

Jim

On Apr 17, 3:09*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> On 17 Apr 2012 21:00:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
> >> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> >> brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> >> This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> >> a condo.
>
> >>http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> >> what a fabulous idea.
>
> >Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> >not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> >another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> >cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> >You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> >alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
> >some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
> >one of my own, but two K is too much!
>
> Not just the money-- * In my research [and I *still* haven't gotten
> around to mortaring things together] I'm pretty sure that is a
> terrible design for a backyard oven. * * Too much mass, and not a good
> shape. * Domes are a lot more efficient unless you're intending to
> cook 100 pizzas every time you pre-heat the oven.
>
> Is fornobravo one of the sites you've checked out? * *I'd love to hear
> the opinions of the guys on one of their forums. *http://www.fornobravo..com/forum/
>
> They have a complete oven for $2150 *[not that I'd spend $2K-- but if
> I could have either oven free, I'd prefer the fornobravo one]http://www.fornobravo.com/store/Primavera60-Assembled-24-Wood-Pizza-O...
>
> Jim- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I don't consider it just a pizza oven, more like a pizza/bbq/bread/etc
oven. But to each his own.

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:24:12 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Apr 17, 3:09*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
>> On 17 Apr 2012 21:00:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> >> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
>> >> brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>>
>> >> This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
>> >> a condo.
>>
>> >>http://brickwoodovens.com
>>
>> >> what a fabulous idea.
>>
>> >Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
>> >not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
>> >another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
>> >cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>>
>> >You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
>> >alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
>> >some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
>> >one of my own, but two K is too much!
>>
>> Not just the money-- * In my research [and I *still* haven't gotten
>> around to mortaring things together] I'm pretty sure that is a
>> terrible design for a backyard oven. * * Too much mass, and not a good
>> shape. * Domes are a lot more efficient unless you're intending to
>> cook 100 pizzas every time you pre-heat the oven.
>>
>> Is fornobravo one of the sites you've checked out? * *I'd love to hear
>> the opinions of the guys on one of their forums. *http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/
>>
>> They have a complete oven for $2150 *[not that I'd spend $2K-- but if
>> I could have either oven free, I'd prefer the fornobravo one]http://www.fornobravo.com/store/Primavera60-Assembled-24-Wood-Pizza-O...
>>
>> Jim- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>I don't consider it just a pizza oven, more like a pizza/bbq/bread/etc
>oven. But to each his own.

Many folks where I live have similar ovens to heat their house and
make hot water, cooking with them goes without saying, but very few do
because temperature control requires too much tending. In fact I have
a water jacketed wood stove in my basement (it's a huge thing), it
will supply my baseboard heating and my domestic hot water, and I can
cook on it and in it. But it's not worth the effort to tend a wood
fire 24/7 and cord wood is no longer cheap. It's a heck of a lot
easier to use a perforated pizza pan in a modern oven and if one wants
they can use it in their outdoor grill... I make pizza in my Weber
several times each summer when it's too hot to light my indoor oven.
Spending thousand$ on a stupid wood oven is as dumb as dumb gets... I
don't think IQs go that low. It just doesn't make sense to spend
thousand$ to cook something that costs like $5.

"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:24:12 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Apr 17, 3:09 pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
>> On 17 Apr 2012 21:00:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> >> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
>> >> brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>>
>> >> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
>> >> a condo.
>>
>> >>http://brickwoodovens.com
>>
>> >> what a fabulous idea.
>>
>> >Whatta costly sumbitch! $1000 to build yer own brick oven? I'm
>> >not seeing the price of the plans. I am seeing the tools, which are
>> >another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. Yeah,
>> >cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>>
>> >You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? There are cheaper
>> >alternatives. If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
>> >some links I have. Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
>> >one of my own, but two K is too much!
>>
>> Not just the money-- In my research [and I *still* haven't gotten
>> around to mortaring things together] I'm pretty sure that is a
>> terrible design for a backyard oven. Too much mass, and not a good
>> shape. Domes are a lot more efficient unless you're intending to
>> cook 100 pizzas every time you pre-heat the oven.
>>
>> Is fornobravo one of the sites you've checked out? I'd love to hear
>> the opinions of the guys on one of their forums.
>> http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/
>>
>> They have a complete oven for $2150 [not that I'd spend $2K-- but if
>> I could have either oven free, I'd prefer the fornobravo
>> one]http://www.fornobravo.com/store/Primavera60-Assembled-24-Wood-Pizza-O...
>>
>> Jim- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>I don't consider it just a pizza oven, more like a pizza/bbq/bread/etc
>oven. But to each his own.

Many folks where I live have similar ovens to heat their house and
make hot water, cooking with them goes without saying, but very few do
because temperature control requires too much tending. In fact I have
a water jacketed wood stove in my basement (it's a huge thing), it
will supply my baseboard heating and my domestic hot water, and I can
cook on it and in it. But it's not worth the effort to tend a wood
fire 24/7 and cord wood is no longer cheap. It's a heck of a lot
easier to use a perforated pizza pan in a modern oven and if one wants
they can use it in their outdoor grill... I make pizza in my Weber
several times each summer when it's too hot to light my indoor oven.
Spending thousand$ on a stupid wood oven is as dumb as dumb gets... I
don't think IQs go that low. It just doesn't make sense to spend
thousand$ to cook something that costs like $5.
>
>
>

What kind of heatiing element does your oven have? At what temp do you bake
your pizza? How long does it take? What is your dough recipe? How much
flour, water and oil is in the recipe? How much yeast? Do you rise it once,
more than once, or overnight?

Kent

On Apr 17, 3:09*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> On 17 Apr 2012 21:00:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >On 2012-04-17, ImStillMags > wrote:
> >> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> >> brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> >> This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> >> a condo.
>
> >>http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> >> what a fabulous idea.
>
> >Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> >not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> >another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> >cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> >You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> >alternatives. *If you folks wanna get into this, I'll start posting
> >some links I have. *Been researching this for a couple years, wanting
> >one of my own, but two K is too much!
>
> Not just the money-- * In my research [and I *still* haven't gotten
> around to mortaring things together] I'm pretty sure that is a
> terrible design for a backyard oven. * * Too much mass, and not a good
> shape. * Domes are a lot more efficient unless you're intending to
> cook 100 pizzas every time you pre-heat the oven.
>
> Is fornobravo one of the sites you've checked out? * *I'd love to hear
> the opinions of the guys on one of their forums. *http://www.fornobravo..com/forum/
>
> They have a complete oven for $2150 *[not that I'd spend $2K-- but if
> I could have either oven free, I'd prefer the fornobravo one]http://www.fornobravo.com/store/Primavera60-Assembled-24-Wood-Pizza-O...
>
> Jim- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

This is from the fornobravo site......

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/phot...dex.php?n=5471

looks like the same oven as the one I posted about.

ImStillMags > wrote:

>
>This is from the fornobravo site......
>
>http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/phot...dex.php?n=5471
>
>looks like the same oven as the one I posted about.


I think the opening looks similar. But I suspect this is the rest
of the oven-
http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/phot...dex.php?n=5444

I'm not saying you can't find a dozen ovens shaped like the one you
posted. It is simpler to build. But I think the majority of the
'oven geeks' will lean towards the beehive design, more or less.

Jim

On Apr 17, 6:11*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> >This is from the fornobravo site......
>
> >http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/phot...dex.php?n=5471
>
> >looks like the same oven as the one I posted about.
>
> I think the opening looks similar. * *But I suspect this is the rest
> of the oven-http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/photoplog/index.php?n=5444
>
> I'm not saying you can't find a dozen ovens shaped like the one you
> posted. * It is simpler to build. * But I think the majority of the
> 'oven geeks' will lean towards the beehive design, more or less.

The huge platform used to hold these ovens up way off the ground is
off-putting. Why not put in a shorter platform and use, say, a rolling
stool to sit on to load the wood and the pizzas?

On Apr 17, 2:00*pm, notbob > wrote:

>
> Whatta costly sumbitch! *$1000 to build yer own brick oven? *I'm
> not seeing the price of the plans. *I am seeing the tools, which are
> another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. *Yeah,
> cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.
>
> You think Sicilian peasants have $2K fer basic oven? *There are cheaper
> alternatives.

The peasant alternative:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYM4bPlQAwc

notbob wrote:
>
> Whatta costly sumbitch! $1000 to build yer own brick oven? I'm
> not seeing the price of the plans. I am seeing the tools, which are
> another $500-1000, unless you have a well supplied neighbor. Yeah,
> cool if you gotta couple Gs ta' blow.

You can make an oven out of mud.
There's an inexpensive book, Build
Your Own Earth Oven that tells you how.

> You can make an oven out of mud.
> There's an inexpensive book, Build
> Your Own Earth Oven that tells you how.

I made one for about $40. Google the sunset adobe oven plans. Works
great for bread, pizza, and baked taters for the neighborhood. Took
me and a friend about 3 hours on a sat and sunday.

pamjd wrote:
>
> > You can make an oven out of mud.
> > There's an inexpensive book, Build
> > Your Own Earth Oven that tells you how.
>
> I made one for about $40. Google the sunset adobe oven plans. Works
> great for bread, pizza, and baked taters for the neighborhood. Took
> me and a friend about 3 hours on a sat and sunday.

I saved that article when it came out.
It uses a mixture of half mud and half
cement.

I never built it. How do you like it?

On Apr 17, 10:26*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> pamjd wrote:
>
> > > You can make an oven out of mud.
> > > There's an inexpensive book, Build
> > > Your Own Earth Oven that tells you how.
>
> > I made one for about $40. *Google the sunset adobe oven plans. *Works
> > great for bread, pizza, and baked taters for the neighborhood. * Took
> > me and a friend about 3 hours on a sat and sunday.
>
> I saved that article when it came out.
> It uses a mixture of half mud and half
> cement.
>
> I never built it. *How do you like it?

I love it. My friends love it and people visiting or driving by want
to know about it. I hve it next to my florwer garden in my yard.
People love to see it getting fired up. It is about 10 or 15 years
old now and this winter it got some cracks around the door so I will
have to do some repair this summer. I have gone so far as to save
broken plates and pottery to try to cover it in mosaic when I get
around to fixing it. I encourage you to make one.

On Apr 17, 1:44*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> brickwood ovens. * Check out the website and the video.
>
> This is soo cool. * I wish I had a backyard. * Can't really put one in
> a condo.
>
> http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> what a fabulous idea.

Have you ever seen the book The Breadbuilders? Lots of science, plus a
plan or 2. This is definitely something I plan on building...

ImStillMags > wrote in news:50a211a2-1d6f-445c-af81-
:

> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>
> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
> a condo.
>
> http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> what a fabulous idea.



My want one of them!!


Since this subject came up, the topic has been discussed now and then
(didn't want to appear too eager and push my luck!!), and last night I got
the word...... "We'll go to our friends place and look at his model, and
see it in action, and then we'll (READ: I'll) make a decision if we want
one like that, or something similar." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)


--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:02:34 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> wrote:

>ImStillMags > wrote in news:50a211a2-1d6f-445c-af81-
:
>
>> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
>> brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>>
>> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
>> a condo.
>>
>> http://brickwoodovens.com
>>
>> what a fabulous idea.
>
>
>
>My want one of them!!
>
>
>Since this subject came up, the topic has been discussed now and then
>(didn't want to appear too eager and push my luck!!), and last night I got
>the word...... "We'll go to our friends place and look at his model, and
>see it in action, and then we'll (READ: I'll) make a decision if we want
>one like that, or something similar." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Good for you! I recognize that this item is not about making a cheap
pizza. I mean, no one ever says 'why build a swimming pool when the
ocean is only 12 miles away' What great fun an oven like this will
be. Enjoy!
Janet US

Janet Bostwick > wrote in
:

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:02:34 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> > wrote:
>
>>ImStillMags > wrote in
>>news:50a211a2-1d6f-445c-af81-
:
>>
>>> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your
>>> own, brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>>>
>>> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one
>>> in a condo.
>>>
>>> http://brickwoodovens.com
>>>
>>> what a fabulous idea.
>>
>>
>>
>>My want one of them!!
>>
>>
>>Since this subject came up, the topic has been discussed now and then
>>(didn't want to appear too eager and push my luck!!), and last night I
>>got the word...... "We'll go to our friends place and look at his
>>model, and see it in action, and then we'll (READ: I'll) make a
>>decision if we want one like that, or something similar."
>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
>
> Good for you! I recognize that this item is not about making a cheap
> pizza. I mean, no one ever says 'why build a swimming pool when the
> ocean is only 12 miles away' What great fun an oven like this will
> be. Enjoy!
> Janet US
>



Thanks...... her opinion was "You make perfectly good pizzas in the
oven!!"... but after I showed her that it's not going to be used for *just*
pizzas, and is going to be the perfect autumn/spring party essential for
Tassie.. she slowly conceded :-)

And with a lifelong supply of firewood, fuel is never going to be a
problem.



--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:18:58 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:02:34 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> wrote:
>
>>ImStillMags > wrote in news:50a211a2-1d6f-445c-af81-
:
>>
>>> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
>>> brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>>>
>>> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
>>> a condo.
>>>
>>> http://brickwoodovens.com
>>>
>>> what a fabulous idea.
>>
>>
>>
>>My want one of them!!
>>
>>
>>Since this subject came up, the topic has been discussed now and then
>>(didn't want to appear too eager and push my luck!!), and last night I got
>>the word...... "We'll go to our friends place and look at his model, and
>>see it in action, and then we'll (READ: I'll) make a decision if we want
>>one like that, or something similar." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
>
>Good for you! I recognize that this item is not about making a cheap
>pizza.

All pizza is cheap, cheaper than pisghetti and meataballes... I don't
think there is a meal cheaper than pizza.

>I mean, no one ever says 'why build a swimming pool when the
>ocean is only 12 miles away'

I know people who built a swimming pool when the ocean is only 1200
feet away, and with winter and rain they are lucky to use their pool
ten times a year. By the same token I seriously doubt anyone eats
pizza often enough to warrent having a commercial pizza oven of any
sort.

Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> no one ever says 'why build a swimming pool when the
> ocean is only 12 miles away'

Sharks

sorry to interrupt the brick oven thread. I just wanted to throw that in.
Carry on.

Gary

ImStillMags wrote:
> A local company here is marketing these coolest ever, build your own,
> brickwood ovens. Check out the website and the video.
>
> This is soo cool. I wish I had a backyard. Can't really put one in
> a condo.
>
> http://brickwoodovens.com
>
> what a fabulous idea.

Hmmm. It doesn't look like it'd function as a tandoor.

--
Jean B.