42" Build Underway in Central Alabama

[edsiajb]

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My kids are getting impatient:

[edsiajb]

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[edsiajb]

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[edsiajb]

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Ceramic blanket insulation arrives tomorrow (finally) - woohoo!

[edsiajb]

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Well - time for another update! We FINALLY cooked in the oven on Dec 16th - 8 months and 1 day after we broke ground. And that was actually during one of the later curing fires. At full temp, we've now cooked in it four times. We are still out there somewhere in the learning curve. We just about have the dough figured out, and are learning more about the way the oven heats up. I'll be adding more photos today.

[edsiajb]

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Installing the clay flue:

[edsiajb]

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Insulation:



Installed flashing to contain loose fill vermiculite:

[edsiajb]

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Curing fires:

[edsiajb]

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First calzone:

[edsiajb]

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First pizza (wow - that dough was too thick!):

[edsiajb]

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1st fire hot enough to begin clearing dome:



Tarts made with fresh raspberries:

[edsiajb]

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Most recent pizzas:

[texman]

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Looks great! Congrats and enjoy all the hard work.
Keep those pics coming.

Texman

[edsiajb]

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Looks great! Congrats and enjoy all the hard work.
Keep those pics coming.

Texman

Thanks Texman! We really are enjoying the payoff from all the hard work - it is truly rewarding. And we're really just getting started.

[edsiajb]

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Here is a link to a short (18 sec.) video of the fire beginning to clear the dome:

http://youtu.be/LEi65NRuf-A