Hello from Texas

[brokencookie]

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You guys are killing me I had to make do with mesquite / apple smoked chicken, cherry /sage smoked pork and bleu cheese stuffed hamburgers

[gjbingham]

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Nice work John. You certainly are no novice to baking bread. Great pics too. Thanks!

[John Fahle]

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Latest photos. This is the insulation layer, the final functional layer of the oven. THe last layer will be decorative plaster. We mixed 48 gallons of coarse sawdust into half a yard of clay/sand mix. Now we'll find out if this stuff really works as insulation.

[sarah h]

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I hadn't seen this thread before - what a great oven!
I'll be interested to hear how the sawdust insulation works out and see the plaster finish too.

[gjbingham]

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More cool pics John! That is kind of what I was aspiring to when I was considering an earthen oven. I doubt I could have pulled it off as gracefully as you have.
G.

[Acoma]

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John, I have not seen your thread in a few weeks, but the oven deserves awards for the best of the old school methods. Your oven is a true classic. Indeed, I have much respect for the great work and results to date.

[John Fahle]

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Thank you all for the nice compliments. I wish it were my oven. It belongs to Paul, the guy with the beard and ponytail in the photos, and about ten people helped make it. But we're all proud of it. Thanks again.

[Acoma]

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Make more then. You should have your own as well.

[John Fahle]

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I live in an apartment. I am considering building a mobile one, though.

[Frances]

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Put one on the balcony...

[John Fahle]

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The insulation worked great. We fired it for pizza and bread the other night. After 4 hours of pizza, the oven was 900F on the top of the dome, around 850F on the hearth, and 104F on the outside of the dome all the way around.

[Acoma]

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John, #26 with the photo of the pizza and flame was perfect! Showing how a pizza should be baking, and having the flame to keep heat while licking the roof is perfect. Excellant!

[Xabia Jim]

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John,

Thanks for the great thread...inspiring.

Can you summarize the materials used, approximate cost and approximate hours involved?

Would you do anything different?

Thanks
Jim

hmmm...lots of clay Michigan....few trees too....

[Papa Laz]

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Hi there,

I am in the UK and currently building a wood fired clay oven. I have pics of my progress so far and will post them on here if any one is interested. Just finished my brick archway today and am very proud

Papa

[dmun]

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By all means put up the pictures. We love to see ovens. Holler if you need help with the upload procedure.