Beer Keg Oven

[brokencookie]

Re: Beer Keg Oven

nice Job. The only thing you might consider is adding a side vent when you and making pizzas. My experience has been that the convection ( air flow) over the top of the pizza is very important. So, closing off the central chimney and moving the air across the top of the pizza will improve your pizza. You can see my oven and experiences with one made from a propane tank here.

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/s...oven-4602.html

how many rules am i breaking with this oven??

Rules are for people who read the directions

[nordik]

Re: Beer Keg Oven

thanks alot Jed!

i tried bread in it by using a couple of flower pots. i put dough in a small pot (unwarmed) and placed it inside a large pot in the oven resting on the bars(preheated). 1 out of 3 were edible but the trend was to burn outside especialy on top and be a bit doughy in the middle. (too hot?)

After that i did away with the bread and pots and placed 2 standard house bricks on the bars and a terracotta saucer ontop of them.
in the end i made the pizza on foil and placed it directly onto the (hot)saucer in the oven. this seemed to work and each pizza took no more than 5 mins to cook.



just have to weld some legs on it and some finishing touches.


how many rules am i breaking with this oven??

can i have a burning fire going or should it be coals?
is it ok to use house bricks or should i really get specialised brick?

should i be trying anything different / any suggestions?

thanks to all will keep posting photos if your interested.

[Jed]

Re: Beer Keg Oven

Hey Nordik,

That is a great looking rig! It sounds like it should work fine for pizza, hot baking stones, and a chamber to keep the heat up and close...

Keep us posted with a report about your pizza from this oven. This could be the inspiration for a new generation portable pizza ovens...

JED

[nordik]

hi all been lurking a while love the forum!

i got given a beer keg and thaught i'd try this as i'd love the portability of it.
worst case it dosen't work at all and just use it as a safe outdoor fireplace.

it now has a handle on the door with 3 stages of opening to control air flow and bars fitted through it one inch above the door opening to rest bricks/cookware etc. was thinking of a large flower pot saucer or a paver cut to shape??? these could be rested on bricks to hold the heat.

when i test fired it (with little fuel) it held 180c pretty much constantly for a good 40 mins

from what i've read you only need 5 mins max to do a pizza (albeit hotter) i'm thinking this might be achivable.

would love some advise. i'm open to being told i'm wasting my time but ideas would be great.


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