Hi all,
For some time now I have been wanting to make my own Neaploitan type pizza oven in my garden, and I have been researching all the technical details, and planning what I need to do. Then I see a site like this and wonder if I should just go out and buy it!
This is my problem:
1. I want to eat pizzas once a week, for me and my family. Up to four pizzas in total (one at a time). I fear that the construction using fire bricks and all the mortar and insulation will mean I will have to create a large monster for what I really need. It would be great if it could heat up quickly, because I only need it for a short time. I dont have legs of meat to go in and slow cook or anything. So do I need a brick monster for such a low use oven, when I could just get one of these: wood fired ovens Domestic WOOD FIRED authentic wood fired ovens
2. I would like a low dome type. But if I try and build a low dome, brick, maybe half brick, I am thinking of putting the bricks on their side so that they have less mass away from the fire. What I mean is, can I place the bricks side on to the fire, rather than end on, and can I still construct a low dome oven? (thats very difficult for me to explain)
3. The oven is to be kept outdoors, and needs to be small and will get wet in the open. So buying one will mean I dont have to worry about all the cracking, and maybe caving in of the dome, etc.
4. Basically, can I construct a brick oven, but smaller and thinner that the ones you are all building, but still use brick and get the same characteristics from it that I need?
5. Oh, and I wanted to use pure lime mortar, no Portland...
Getting one of the premade ones just seems the right choice for what I want. Imagine all the work I need to do, just for four pizzas a week! It is important to me to have really good Napoli pizzas, type 00 flour, and bake in under two minutes, nice burned edges...
Ugh... Any advice will be gratefully received.
Thanks,
John M
For some time now I have been wanting to make my own Neaploitan type pizza oven in my garden, and I have been researching all the technical details, and planning what I need to do. Then I see a site like this and wonder if I should just go out and buy it!
This is my problem:
1. I want to eat pizzas once a week, for me and my family. Up to four pizzas in total (one at a time). I fear that the construction using fire bricks and all the mortar and insulation will mean I will have to create a large monster for what I really need. It would be great if it could heat up quickly, because I only need it for a short time. I dont have legs of meat to go in and slow cook or anything. So do I need a brick monster for such a low use oven, when I could just get one of these: wood fired ovens Domestic WOOD FIRED authentic wood fired ovens
2. I would like a low dome type. But if I try and build a low dome, brick, maybe half brick, I am thinking of putting the bricks on their side so that they have less mass away from the fire. What I mean is, can I place the bricks side on to the fire, rather than end on, and can I still construct a low dome oven? (thats very difficult for me to explain)
3. The oven is to be kept outdoors, and needs to be small and will get wet in the open. So buying one will mean I dont have to worry about all the cracking, and maybe caving in of the dome, etc.
4. Basically, can I construct a brick oven, but smaller and thinner that the ones you are all building, but still use brick and get the same characteristics from it that I need?
5. Oh, and I wanted to use pure lime mortar, no Portland...
Getting one of the premade ones just seems the right choice for what I want. Imagine all the work I need to do, just for four pizzas a week! It is important to me to have really good Napoli pizzas, type 00 flour, and bake in under two minutes, nice burned edges...
Ugh... Any advice will be gratefully received.
Thanks,
John M
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