Re: Cob Oven Build
Hi Mark
I just posted an answer to your question on my profile thingy...
Your oven looks great, really tidy looking mud oven! And the pizza looks yummy pizza too, congratulations! What are you going to use for insulation?
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Re: Cob Oven Build
Your oven looks great; what is the diameter and what would your recommend for a good size. I am debating at the minimum probably 36" but will consider a 40" max.
As far as the size, 40 is great, 36" I think would be more than adequate, and I believe thats a size many of the members are using... I laid mine out and honestly it just worked out well with that size dome on the foundation...
Just put a nice soapstone counter on it over the weekend, Still have finish work to do.. The beer can chicken is a great dinner,, I like to do it in a heavy cast iron pan, then you can add potato,onions,garlic etc.. its very easy give it a shot.. Here's a pic with the new counter..
Cheeers
MarkLast edited by ThisOldGarageNJ; 08-16-2010, 05:54 PM.
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First Pizza!
This was the first fire for cooking and the first pizza cooked. It was very good!! I realize I have much to learn about making sauce and dough and cooking but am off to a good start!
I tried a sourdough bread using a starter but it didn't turn out. Back to the drawing board; in the mean time I'll make some bread using packaged yeast.
It has gotten warm here (NC) (high was 87). The oven is a hit but I think we'll enjoy it more in the cooler months vs. the hotter summer days to come.
(It gets 98 degrees here with high humidity!)
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Re: Cob Oven Build
Originally posted by ThisOldGarageNJ View PostHi Mark,
Great oven, are you sure you want to build another one,, Looks like that one is working well..
Nice Job,,
Cheers
Mark
I checked out your album for things cooked and your build. You have some tasty looking birds there! I also would like to cook a turkey and the present oven is too small. (I'll try a chicken though)
Your oven looks great; what is the diameter and what would your recommend for a good size. I am debating at the minimum probably 36" but will consider a 40" max. I like the idea of less wood and time to fire but want a good comprimise to allow larger items. Do you think 36" is adequate?
Thanks; Mark.Last edited by marklewis; 04-04-2010, 10:21 AM.
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Re: Cob Oven Build
Hi Mark,
Great oven, are you sure you want to build another one,, Looks like that one is working well..
Nice Job,,
Cheers
Mark
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Re: Cob Oven Build
Keep the roof above the oven - someone (I don't remember names well) had problems with pests when her oven was too closed off
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Originally posted by jpmort View PostThats great and a real inspiration. I also want to build one now! If I could I think doing what you are doing is a really good way to experiment and learn and get knowledge about ovens. Then you can decide to do it better or different next time.
How are you going to stop thge oven from becoming affected by the rain?
John
Thanks for the reply and best of luck to you and your endeavors; keep me posted of future projects.
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Thats great and a real inspiration. I also want to build one now! If I could I think doing what you are doing is a really good way to experiment and learn and get knowledge about ovens. Then you can decide to do it better or different next time.
How are you going to stop thge oven from becoming affected by the rain?
John
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Built the first small fire for drying and increased the size of the fire and dryed the oven completely. (It has been rainy here and I waited several days but the clay was drying so slowly and small cracks were developing anyway.) Cracks are inevitable!!!....and repairable!!! Fired without dome insulation until soot inside the dome burnt off and then we cooked our first pizzas, some bread rolls and baked some potatos.
The oven worked great, although the pizza peels I ordered have not arrived yet and using a piece of flimsy metal to pull out the pizza was challenging!
Am looking for good dough, and other recipes on the forum. If you have a tried and trued favorite please send me a link.
Repaired the cracks and am soon going to insulate the dome: will provide more pictures at that time. The inside is very stable but am considering applying sodium silicate to make the inside "glassy" and less prone to potential future spalling; so far so good though.
I could only very very briefly touch the outside of the dome once the oven was heated. It will be very interesting to see/feel the difference after the insulation is added.
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Unfortunately, I don't have an oven... yet. I still rent so I don't have anywhere to put one. I thought about a small scale but I honestly don't have time for it right now. Hopefully, I'll buy something reasonably soon, get moved in, find a way to fence in the Dogs of Destruction (loooong story) and then order a dump truck full of clay!
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Originally posted by Archena View PostAwesome!
Actually, using wet clay/straw/sand without drying it into bricks first is using cob. Adobe is when you make mud bricks first. (Yeah, I'm a definition nazi... )
But seriously, it looks great!
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Awesome!
Actually, using wet clay/straw/sand without drying it into bricks first is using cob. Adobe is when you make mud bricks first. (Yeah, I'm a definition nazi... )
But seriously, it looks great!
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I have pulled out the sand and newspaper. Totally cool!!! Will allow to dry a few days and then build a small fire to complete the drying process. My sourdough starter is almost ready!!! (dreaming of fresh hot baked bread!!!)
The oven is holding up nicely. It took 20 minutes to dig out the sand form and another 15 to pull off the paper but it held its shape well. The bricks worked well but I think one could build an oven quicker by just plastering the adobe onto the paper covered form.
Hopefully my next pictures (after several days) will be our first fire and subsequently some tasty pizza and bread.
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Well, yeah, if you cheat and be all practical and stuff!
Okay, so 'dry heat' and 'sauna' are a concept problem for me. :blush:
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