Building my 1st oven on Tickfaw River in La.

[Crawfish fest]

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I just forgot how much it all costs, lol
I luv my oven, the grill is feeling left out i bet.
Me

[cobblerdave]

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Regards dave

[Crawfish fest]

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Craw, I have a very easy, extremely good dough recipe. If your interested let me know, I don't want to send your thread side ways.

Thanks guys, glad u like
Dough was perfect, i need to practice stretching it out
We waiited on rhe acid watch
Pizza party next sat at my house.
M

[hodgey1]

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My weak point is going to be dough, we will be tweaking it.

Craw, I have a very easy, extremely good dough recipe. If your interested let me know, I don't want to send your thread side ways.

[Crawfish fest]

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Thanks guys
It was nice to have someone looking over my shoulder on this.
Thanks to y'all, I turned the dome bricks the correct way and I don't have an expensive fire pit.
We followed the FB mantra, Insulate, Insulate, Insulate.
My buddy owns a pastry shop and is making me a batch of dough to try out today.
After 90 minutes, the dome is starting to clear.
My weak point is going to be dough, we will be tweaking it.
All of my neighbors have volunteered to be tasters.
I am surprising my stone mason next week. I am having a small name plate made of SS with his company logo and name engraved to place someone on the oven.
He is extremely proud of this, as I am.
This was his 1st oven.
It was worth the time and effort.
Pizza pics later todayIf I don't f&%k it up, lol
thanks again
michael

[Kurtloup]

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Y'all did a nice job on the oven.

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday
Yes it's not centered but its balanced with the BBQ on the side , I didn't even think about it till you said so.
The pics are real high quality ... Thats why my phone takes a long time to download, just use your Mobile for pics.
Slow down on the acid wash .... That mortar on the chimney is still "green" hasn't cured and set , patients.
All that said , that's one pretty fine looking oven!!!!
Regards dave

[Crawfish fest]

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I still can't post more than one pic at a time
That double drawer was in the existing brickwork.
We hate that it's not centered. It has cinder block walls on each side, i am able to live with it.

[Crawfish fest]

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Tomorrow we will acid wash the brick, avoiding the stainless steel.
We have to replace some of the slate countertop we removed.
We have a low profile flue screen that is hidden.
Now to get some pizza's going.
I have been building fires with logs, i have to get them smaller, wrist size.

[chubbybones]

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Thanks Michael,
Hopefully i can get those ingredients here in Oz.
Keep the the recipes coming

[Crawfish fest]

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That looks damn tasty.

Im gonna have to grab your sauce recipe in due time

Dry rub with Tony's creole seasoning, then Stubbs Bbq sauce
I have a big fire goin now, not sure what i will cook tomorrow

[chubbybones]

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That looks damn tasty.

Im gonna have to grab your sauce recipe in due time

[Crawfish fest]

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4.5 hours later

[Crawfish fest]

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I had a nice firing last night, not huge. The dome was over 800 degrees.
I closed it up at 9 PM
At 1 PM today, the inside walls were 230 degrees. I threw some ribs in there.
The outside walls are now 8-10 degrees higher than outside ambient temp of 85
We have 2-3" of vermi-crete as insulation on the side walls. The dome is covered with 3 layers of ceramic blanket and 2-3" of vermi-crete.
We are making a cove for a light above the arch and we still need to brick the chimney around the flue. Hoping it will be done this Saturday.
I found a low profile flue screen that will be hidden. The cap will be a piece of PA Bluestone Slate.
Thanks for the encouragement and advice!!
Michael

[Crawfish fest]

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l like the lighting idea, looks very nice shinning on all that brick.

Thanks, we have to figure a way to make a cove for a fixture meant to be in the bricks, under a step