My oven will be used mostly for pizzas - maybe bread on occasion, but not too often. I read the Bread Builders book and was going to build that type of a brick oven until I found this site. I'm now getting ready to build my brick oven using the plans from this web site, but there are some features on the other plan that I want to incorporate in my brick oven.
One is the ash slot. The bread builders design allows a slot at the back of the landing to catch hot ashes raked out from the oven. The design from this web site does not show such a thing and I can't find any threads discussing this. Is there a drawback to putting an ash slot in the landing area?
Also, the bread builders design has the hearth floating. Rebar inside the hearth rests on the stand blocks and supports the hearth. The hearth cement itself does not touch the stand. Is this an advantage or disadvantage to this type of hearth?
Any help you can give me on this would be greatly appreciated.
One is the ash slot. The bread builders design allows a slot at the back of the landing to catch hot ashes raked out from the oven. The design from this web site does not show such a thing and I can't find any threads discussing this. Is there a drawback to putting an ash slot in the landing area?
Also, the bread builders design has the hearth floating. Rebar inside the hearth rests on the stand blocks and supports the hearth. The hearth cement itself does not touch the stand. Is this an advantage or disadvantage to this type of hearth?
Any help you can give me on this would be greatly appreciated.
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