foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

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  • dmun
    Il Pizzaiolo
    • Jul 2005
    • 4218

    #16
    Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

    With all due respect to quick and cheap solutions, there is a real reason to insulate your oven, all around. The reason: keeping the heat where you need it, as you have observed.
    My geodesic oven project: part 1, part 2

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    • jdcigar
      Serf
      • May 2011
      • 3

      #17
      Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

      Do you have any suggestions on how to accomplish?

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      • bjg
        Serf
        • Jan 2008
        • 5

        #18
        Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

        I used to move the coals back into the center of the floor once it started cooling. Leave them there for at least five minutes and the floor will come back up in temp. Push them aside again and keep firing pizzas. Not optimal but certainly worked.

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        • okn
          Apprentice
          • May 2011
          • 133

          #19
          Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

          How many bricks do you think you used?

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          • jdcigar
            Serf
            • May 2011
            • 3

            #20
            Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

            I probably used about 175, 100 standard and 75 firebrick

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            • sassage
              Serf
              • Apr 2012
              • 1

              #21
              Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

              Just wanted to say thanks for the info and pointers...I like this concept as I'm not necessarily going to be at my current house long enough to justify a permanent build.
              A witty saying proves nothing.

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              • hmc3142
                Peasant
                • May 2010
                • 29

                #22
                Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

                Hi,

                Great job! I was wondering how many clay bricks did you use? I would also like to know if you had any spattering from the clay bricks? It's 2013 and I am curious if you made any modifications on it. Thanks

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                • TimmyNY
                  Serf
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 16

                  #23
                  Re: foundation to first pizza in 4 1/2 hours

                  The oven is still going strong. The concrete foundation really helped out. I no longer have to restack the bricks every spring.

                  Tim

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