Oasis Rising

[WoodchuckDad]

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You mentioned building a door...So I thought I would show mine. I snatched an oven door off of an oven at the county dump. I cut it apart with an angle grinder then used the pieces to fabricate a door for my oven. I did this all Thanksgiving morning....well actually around noon since I went hunting for a couple hours that morning. I had some stainless sheet metal screws but came up kind of stumped when it was time to make handles. I found an unused hacksaw blade in the garage and used it for one of the handles then had to scramble around....and ended up using a piece of metal strapping that held the steel roofing material when I got it.






I had planned to reuse the insulation material in the oven, which I expected to be ceramic fiber. It was fiberglass. I packed it in there but don't think it provides near enough insulating power. Come summer, I will disassemble the door and fill it with vermiculite cement mix.

[WoodchuckDad]

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We made pizza tonight and it was fantastic. I took plenty of time to heat load the oven, then after the pizzas I spread the coals out again.



I swept the coals out and gave it a half hour to even out the heat.

I timed that to the end of my bread rise and formed my two loaves. The oven was still a bit warmer than I want it to be...over 600 degrees in the center of the floor so I cracked the door to loose some heat and put in a frying pan of water. It's been 45 minutes So I'm about to go put my loaves in and see if I can improve on last week's performance.

[WoodchuckDad]

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Whole wheat, wheat berries, and multi-grain.

I'm pleased

[Nick]

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Awesome! Now I'm REALLY revved to get a door for my oven!

Thanks!

[mrgweeto]

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Looking good. 2 years ago my brother and I decided to build one. We live next door so it is was a great idea. we woke up one morning and started. We put in 196hrs each and had the greatest time building it. We became obsessed and when it was finished actually went into building withdrawal. Our family and friends love it. Savor the sweat and sore muscles. When it is done it will be a sense of accomplishment that will be enjoyed by all.
Enjoy the build,
Guy

[WoodchuckDad]

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Thank you.

I have had a very successful heating and cooking process this go round. Great pizza, Decent bread, Day two was chicken soup. 5 qt cast iron pot with 8 chicken thighs, carrots, celery. put it in at over 350 degrees in the morning at 7 am and pulled it out at about 4 pm.




It was fantastic. The kids really dug in.

On day three,, I put in two bottom round roasts at 10:30 and pulled them at about 6 pm. the oven was at about 200 degrees the whole day. Meat was internal temp of 140 when I pulled it and I stuck it in a preheated oven that was 450 degrees, for 3 minutes just to carmelize the surface of the meat.

[mrgweeto]

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Good looking food. We have done mostly pizza and some bread but this spring and summer am going to cook a lot of variety. May even make an Argentinian Oven as well.

[countrysidebc]

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great thread, those photos of the food make me want to build one of these.

[WoodchuckDad]

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I've been cooking lots of bread and pizza and havn't been doing too much to finish trimming out the oven but little by little I have been edging toward being finished. I Got some white Fabral ( the roofing place I bought my steel roof material from gave it to me for free....it was a throwaway sheet with a scratch and a small bend in it. ) It worked quite nicely. I trimmed the sides of the oven out with an old piece of white vinyl siding soffit. I used a pair of metal fabrication pliers to uncrimp the end so I could slide it up under the steel roofing, then fastened it in and pulled it around, screwing it to the steel studs as I went. Then I painted it with acrylic latex paint that matches the roof almost perfectly. Tomorrow I hope to trim it out with some Cedar I bought. Of course, I had pizza for dinner again tonight. the 24 hour cold ferment recipe that is reccomended on here. It was awwesome. The bread is still rising and I hope to have a coupled decent loaves to take over to a friend's house tomorrow night.

[WoodchuckDad]

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the bread just came out of the oven.

[mrgweeto]

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It's morning time in CT and I haven't had breakfast yet so seeing your bread makes me extremely hungry. Oven roof and soffit looking good. Striped Bass are running pretty good so cooked some up on the WFO. Outstanding the way it comes out in the oven. Actually everything seems to taste great when you cook with wood.
G

[Aegis]

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It's morning time in CT and I haven't had breakfast yet so seeing your bread makes me extremely hungry. Oven roof and soffit looking good. Striped Bass are running pretty good so cooked some up on the WFO. Outstanding the way it comes out in the oven. Actually everything seems to taste great when you cook with wood.
G

The food looks FANTASTIC! Great job of getting me motivated while recuperating from a severe flu/sinus infection! I will be cutting bricks in less than a minute after this Post! Great Pics! I'm drooling here!

Wish I never gave up my boat, those Striped Bass sound awfully good right about now! I may have to get another boat, I miss fresh sea food!


Keep up the great work and thanks for the motivational photos!

[WoodchuckDad]

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Finally getting the trim done. A couple small pieces left and we can start tiling.

[mrgweeto]

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Love the look of the cedar in the front peak. Goes real well with the brick. I did a porchetta last wee along with some stuffed breads and roasted potatoes, mushrooms and onions (see my post in the food section. After seeing the roast you made just had to do it. It was outstanding. Can't wait to cook again.
G