Start of the restaurant/bakery oven

[Dutchoven]

Re: Start of the restaurant/bakery oven

Well unfortunately here we are in April and we are still not open for business...just so much for a couple of people to do...days are getting longer now and I am getting over a nasty cold so maybe a few more looong days and we'll be in operation...farmer's market season is on again and that will take some time away as well...if this were a college degree we are definitely on the 5 year plan....thought I would post a few photos of other things we have accomplished most recently...and one of where we were when we started!!!
Best
Dutch

[Dutchoven]

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Happy New Year Dutch! Looks great!

so has Brett Favre been in yet?

And the same to you! Hope the rest of the year finds you safe and healthy! Not officially open and no Brett Favre but, I suppose there is a better chance to see someone with the name Manning...being as we're only 30 miles from Ole Miss!
All the best!
Dutch

[FigliodiMariaeGiovanni]

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Happy New Year Dutch! Looks great!

so has Brett Favre been in yet?

[Dutchoven]

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Hi Dutch, "Feliz Ano Neuvo"!!
We have insulated the floor, we used a 5-1 of perilite and cement and poured it 4" thick. Today we are laying the bricks for the oven floor and starting the dome, we are very excited to work on it and see it all done. When we bought this colonial building it had this huge cement cistern which someone already turned into a bar so we thought it would be nice to keep it and it's history and build our wood fire stove inside of it. It's a little harder starting with the facade and building inside of it but it should look pretty neat when it's all done!!Is this the first time you have cooked in a Wood fire stove, how do you like it?
I thought I would attach a few photos of the cistern and the colonial home we are renovating for our restaurant, it's nice to talk with someone else doing the same thing! Enjoy your pizzas!!

Rojo
Muchas gracias y Feliz ano Nuevo a ti!
I am glad to hear that you have adequately insulated the floor of the oven. I fully understand preserving the interesting aspects of a building. It will present challenges but, speaking from experience 1) it will work out fine and 2) try to pay attention to the next step before you get to it...then you won't find yourself having to remove something you've already built to finish building something else.
We are somewhat of what could be called "wood fired veterans" as we have had a WFO in our back yard for almost 4 years. We like the cooking in it very much and have cooked so many different things in it. Feel free to send me a private message if you have any questions as well as posting them on the forum
Good luck!
Best
Dutch and Becca

[Dutchoven]

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When do you plan on being open for business? So then you'll be making pizza at lunch time and baking bread in the aternoons for the next day? Or pizza for lunch and dinner and bake the next morning? Fascinating. This is just so cool!

Looks like we'll be open in February most likely by Valentine's Day. Also looks like we'll be doing the pizza lunch and dinner(if we do dinner)and baking in the morning! It has been an interesting journey...especially to consider that we have been our own general contractor and for the most part done all of the labor as well(with the exception of plumbing and heating and air conditioning)
Thanks!
Dutch and Becca

[Rojo Vivo]

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We are excited for you also! Have you insulated the floor? If so with what? That is probably the MOST important decision you will make with regard to your oven. Inside a cistern, that is truly an interesting oven build!!!
All the best!
Dutch

Hi Dutch, "Feliz Ano Neuvo"!!
We have insulated the floor, we used a 5-1 of perilite and cement and poured it 4" thick. Today we are laying the bricks for the oven floor and starting the dome, we are very excited to work on it and see it all done. When we bought this colonial building it had this huge cement cistern which someone already turned into a bar so we thought it would be nice to keep it and it's history and build our wood fire stove inside of it. It's a little harder starting with the facade and building inside of it but it should look pretty neat when it's all done!!Is this the first time you have cooked in a Wood fire stove, how do you like it?
I thought I would attach a few photos of the cistern and the colonial home we are renovating for our restaurant, it's nice to talk with someone else doing the same thing! Enjoy your pizzas!!

[Frances]

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Hey Dutch, I was so distracted with your cool flame designs and so on, that I completely missed the bit about this being the start up of a new business... somehow I thought you were building the oven or someone else.

So I just re-read the entire thread... what a cool project! And what a lovely old building for it, too. I can just imagine that you would be very excited.

When do you plan on being open for business? So then you'll be making pizza at lunch time and baking bread in the aternoons for the next day? Or pizza for lunch and dinner and bake the next morning? Fascinating. This is just so cool!

[Dutchoven]

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Looks good enough to eat!

...nice way to start out the new year!

Jim, Mike, Bonita and everyone
Thanks for the kind comments! We are excited and happy that we were able to share in this project. Looks like we will kick off the New Year in the right way as it seems we will be doing pizzas again tomorrow. We are trying to fire the oven everyday we are working over there and even some of the days we aren't to really "season" it for how it will be working in the end! The pizzas last night were sadly not our best specimens due to a new oven, learning the new oven, etc. But it was absolutely still better than anything that can be bought within a few hundred miles I suppose. And it will only get better with time!
Happy New Year to all!!!
Best
Dutch

[Dutchoven]

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We are here in Merida Mexico building our first Wood fire stove and restaurant. I am very interested to see what you are doing with yours. We have an old cement cistern which we are going to use for our facade of the oven and build the oven in the inside of it. We are at the oven floor stage and are excited to get working on it. The rest of restaurant is getting renovated, we bought an old colonial home in the historical centro area of Merida and have been renovating it for the last couple of months. We hope to open up by Feb, can't wait!!!

We are excited for you also! Have you insulated the floor? If so with what? That is probably the MOST important decision you will make with regard to your oven. Inside a cistern, that is truly an interesting oven build!!!
All the best!
Dutch

[Rojo Vivo]

Re: Start of the restaurant/bakery oven

We are here in Merida Mexico building our first Wood fire stove and restaurant. I am very interested to see what you are doing with yours. We have an old cement cistern which we are going to use for our facade of the oven and build the oven in the inside of it. We are at the oven floor stage and are excited to get working on it. The rest of restaurant is getting renovated, we bought an old colonial home in the historical centro area of Merida and have been renovating it for the last couple of months. We hope to open up by Feb, can't wait!!!

[SpringJim]

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Looks good enough to eat!

...nice way to start out the new year!

[mfiore]

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Dutch, that looks great! Man I wish my town had a restaurant like that!

[bturton]

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Looks great! Y'all open for business yet? or still in test mode?

[Dutchoven]

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Here they are! A few pics of the first pizza out of the restaurant oven!!!
Notice how I am modeling our bread and pizza!
Best
Dutch

[Dutchoven]

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Beautiful! Your customers are in for a treat!

thanks Mod
I hope so...have had some issues that I think my need some repairing...see the "we have a crack thread"
Best
Dutch