I've just joined the forum (my first forum ever) and already I've found fascinating reading. I am currently baking in my gas oven with a bread stone, and awaiting arrival of a new 1.5 cubic-ft. convection oven that I plan on using as my primary bake stove, at least for now. Cooking outdoors with a Pompeii sounds like heaven.
Right now I'm facing some issues about the new convection oven. I have yet to see a baking stone that will fit it, and my efforts to find quarry tiles have been surprisingly unsuccessful. My trips to tile shops and Lowe's were met with very puzzled looks. Lowe's didn't even have fire bricks. I've found a local brick-manufacturing company that's been around forever, and plan to check them out this week. I keep asking for unglazed clay quarry tiles--I'm in North Carolina, so should I be asking for something else?
Also, if push came to shove, could I cut down my current baking stone to fit my new oven? My neighbor works with masonry and says his saw should do the job. Any problems there? The stone is from The Baker's Catalog. While we're at it, does anyone know how these stones are made? Could a local potter do it?
Finally, financial constraints mean I probably won't be able to start a Pompeii for some time ... however, my neighbor has lots of bricks and I've got an old-stye brick barbeque in my back-yard, complete with cast iron grate and chimney. Is this a candidate for a new life as a my back-yard woodfired stove? If not as a dome, perhaps as a barrel vault. The way I see it, I would have to build the oven over the fire, and the firepit could continue to use the existing chimney. Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Bryan in NC
Right now I'm facing some issues about the new convection oven. I have yet to see a baking stone that will fit it, and my efforts to find quarry tiles have been surprisingly unsuccessful. My trips to tile shops and Lowe's were met with very puzzled looks. Lowe's didn't even have fire bricks. I've found a local brick-manufacturing company that's been around forever, and plan to check them out this week. I keep asking for unglazed clay quarry tiles--I'm in North Carolina, so should I be asking for something else?
Also, if push came to shove, could I cut down my current baking stone to fit my new oven? My neighbor works with masonry and says his saw should do the job. Any problems there? The stone is from The Baker's Catalog. While we're at it, does anyone know how these stones are made? Could a local potter do it?
Finally, financial constraints mean I probably won't be able to start a Pompeii for some time ... however, my neighbor has lots of bricks and I've got an old-stye brick barbeque in my back-yard, complete with cast iron grate and chimney. Is this a candidate for a new life as a my back-yard woodfired stove? If not as a dome, perhaps as a barrel vault. The way I see it, I would have to build the oven over the fire, and the firepit could continue to use the existing chimney. Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Bryan in NC
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