42" Oven

[gdest]

Re: 42" Oven

I beleive the plans available on this site call for 220....if you don't make any errors. I am currently at about 240.

Gary

[marc boulay]

Re: 42" Oven

Hi all

how many fire bricks can one estimate for a 42" dia dome oven.

just got a better price on some used firebricks and now is the time to buy.

many thanks

Marc

[BarryKeith]

Re: 42" Oven

nice, real nice

[doobie dee]

Re: 42" Oven

Here are some updated photos...roof is actually finished, and I'll post those pictures soon. Trying to finish the concrete counters, stucco and facia stone before winter hits.

[doobie dee]

Re: 42" Oven

Trying to figure out the roof, where to place the lights, etc.

[doobie dee]

Re: 42" Oven

Finished curing fires...had our first pizza night last night. WOW! The pizza comes out better than the supposed Italian Pizza places in town. We have yet to perfect the dough...I ordered a digital scale like suggested. I had a little heat loss because I haven't poured the Vermiculite on top of the dome yet. The insulating blanket worked to keep enough heat. I had the oven above 900 degrees...it's crazy to see the bricks get white.

The high heat left a hairline crack up the clay flue. IS THAT ANYTHING I SHOULD FIX or should I just put refractory mortar over the crack? Any help would be appreciated!!!

Now I'm building up the walls, in hopes that I'll get to the roof this weekend. Pictures to follow.

[doobie dee]

Re: 42" Oven

I finished the outer arch and used a leftover piece of Isokern (precast outdoor fireplace) for the transition from the arch to the clay flue. Very pleased, as this is what I used for the Brazilian BBQ/Smoker that's next to the pizza oven. Here are some pix.
Also, I'm continuing slowly with the curing fires. I'm up to 400 degrees today and still only the one hairline crack on the top of the inner arch.

[Neil2]

Re: 42" Oven

I would insulate before the final firings. You may not be able to fully saturate the bricks with heat without the insulation and the mortar may not cure evenly.

[doobie dee]

Re: 42" Oven

I'm starting to cure the oven. I don't have the insulating blanket on yet. Should I have put that on before I started? Also, may be a dumb question but where do I measure the temp? I have one of those dual temp gauges (probe for the meat and probe for the smoker) in the oven and also a laser temp gauge. As I was doing the initial fire with paper only, the top of the oven was going to about 250 while the rest of the oven was slowing rising. I was able to get the dual gauge up to about 170 degrees and started noticing a crack in the arch, but nothing inside, so I stopped for the day. Can anyone help with whether or not I should insulate first, and also where to measure the temperature? Thanks friends.

[BarryKeith]

Re: 42" Oven

Looks Great.

[doobie dee]

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Finished the dome today. Here are some pix...

[doobie dee]

Re: 42" Oven

Been slacking on my oven...we had a baby a couple of weeks ago! Finishing up the oven one course at a time. Here are some updated photos. Meant to finish the oven this past weekend until my friend ask for his tile saw back...no pizzas for him and the family down and out for the 4th with the stomach flu. Anyhow, hope to finish the dome this week so I can start curing next week.

[BarryKeith]

Re: 42" Oven

cool pics of kids

[doobie dee]

Re: 42" Oven

Done with the trickiest part so far...the transition. But, I would hate to see this oven crumble down on itself if it wasn't done correctly. It doesn't look pretty, but will take the handy grinder to it to pretty it up a bit before going on to the final courses. If you see something that I don't let me know so I can fix it...thanks, friends.

[BarryKeith]

Re: 42" Oven

good idea with the wood