Acoma's cure

[Xabia Jim]

Very soon the spiritual process continues with the trial of fires and then the burnt offerings to the gods.....all the best on your journey.... it will soon be good eatings....sooner than you think!

Enjoy

FB is surely the cure for the common oven,
thanks James too.

[Acoma]

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Yes Xabia, Tuesday AM........I will be very busy tomorrow planning things

[Xabia Jim]

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It's Tuesday! How much earlier than normal did you wake up Robert?

Enjoy the next few days, you earned them.

[Acoma]

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Well, you can call me Richard (Robert). I didn't wake up early because I could not sleep. I exhausted myself last night. My camera's batteries went dead and I want a photo opp before the first cure. My wife is taking the oldest girl to school, then picking up batteries. Once the photo is done, the fire begins

[Xabia Jim]

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Oops...easy edit!

[RCLake]

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Waiting for pictures!

[Acoma]

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Ohh yaaa!!!!!!! Photos will come but the draw up the flue is excellante! I noticed that at 100 degrees the smoke would come out the arch and flue. As the temp climbed in the low 200's the smoke that does exixt goes up the flue about 90%. I am keeping the oven between 200-285. I figure that if I want to hit 300, it will jump to 325+ quickly. My goal is to maintain that medium throughout the day.

My cord of Almond came this morning and it is sweet! Heavy too! The guys from the yard loved the oven, very impressed, and reiterated to me that any time I want scraps (nice ones too), that I can come by any time. What happiness to that? Almond, walnut, Oak, any of the scraps. I could load up my SUV easy several times over.

I was going to continue with all details about the oven on my oven thread, but thanks to Xabia, it makes sense to document my curing on a curing thread. Thank you Xabia I will post the oven without curing on my other thread. My curing photos will go here.

No cracks, no cracks, no cracks, that is what I repeat througout.

[gjbingham]

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Hang in there Richard! Don't forget to tap the heels of your ruby slippers three times as you say that!

[asudavew]

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I'm happy for you.
sorry... i got robert somewhere too!

Take your time Richard.
You will be cooking in NO time!

[dusty]

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Very exciting indeed! Still looking for the photos....cool deal on the wood- glad that worked out for you.

BTW...Where did the "Richard" thing come from? I missed that.

dusty

[Ken524]

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OK Acoma, tell us what your name is so we can avoid all the confusion.

[gjbingham]

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Its Robert. I think Xjim called him Richard by mistake, then corrected it with an edit. I was just kidding around when I called him Richard. Sorry to cause confusion. Just being stupid... Its something I do quite often.

[Acoma]

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Xabia, look what you have done Now I am Richard OK everyone, my real name is Robert, Robert, Robert

Photos will be uploaded shortly.

[RTflorida]

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O.K., I got lost with Dusty......so really, who is this guy Robert that is trying to impersonate Richard? Or is Richard impersonating Robert?
Sir, may we see some identification??? Maybe a background check is in order.

RT

[Acoma]

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Well, My first photo shows the oven with its beginning flames. Some smoke, but no biggy since at the low heat the smoke is not drawn up well.

My next photo is a shot of the scrap on the left that the yard says I can pick up any time. The right side is of old fence that I cut into pieces. I notice that this fence goes up QUICK. Great for getting a flame going, and to manage the low heat, which is needed for the heavy Almond.

The other is of my Almond, and unfortunately the other photo of my larger (60%) stack did not show. I will make it show tomorrow. What a beaute.

Now for notes. The first 6 hours needed regular babying to keep the heat between 200-300. The last 2 hours was way different. I could tell the bricks were starting to saturate heat at this level. I needed to move coals more than anything at this point, and barely needed to put any kindling in, especially the last 1/2 hour.

I closed up the opening with bricks, then covered all with tarps.