Northwest PA 36" oven build

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Lots of progress this weekend but before I post about that I have more important news... First Pizza was Friday night! Turned out pretty good for my first wood fired oven cooking. Need to work on my sauce, but the crust was amazing.



I think this was the second pizza out of the oven. Can't remember... I opened a bottle of wine when I lit the fire and swiftly drank 2/3 of the bottle before I started cooking. It was an awesome night! My kids loved to watch the pizza in the oven and were in awe of how fast it cooked.



Apple, blueberry, lemon desert pizza. This was almost too good.

[Greenman]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Thats a really quick and impressive build. Congratulations. Looks great.

[cobblerdave]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

G'day
That's a neat piece of flashing around the chimney. The wheather collar around the chimney a great idea as well
Regards dave

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Chimney is finished and roof is almost there. Need to finish one more hip cap and fashion some sort of a metal cap for the peak.



Almost cleared the dome last night.


Oven is ready for pizza. I'm making some dough tonight for pizza tomorrow. Can't wait.

Goals for the weekend... wrap up roof, get walls sheeted, start finishing materials on outside of oven. Also need a door soon...

[Novaslo]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

I get a fair amount of smoke out the front of mine as well. I think it is due to two things, first it is a bit windy near the door in the evenings where I live. That will dissipate as we head into fall. I didn't build my flu vent properly in that the transition goes up a little bit and into a circle - Basically I have flat areas that lead to the front rather than the whole opening venting upward. This means that it draws in the middle and not so well on the sides.

I have an 8in SS Duravent and will be adding another 1.5 feet to it. Perhaps that will help but I don't think it will change the performance all that much.

Last, I don't have a lot of smaller pieces of wood. I need to get some smaller pieces to build smaller fires in the flu area. I have been building fires with larger pieces of wood that take some time getting going.

Good luck with the cooking...Your build is turning out really great.

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

more progress pictures.









Roof almost finished... six sided roofs are a bit of a pain in the ass in cedar.

Waiting for my adjustable roof flashing to come in the mail as the first one was completely smashed. Today was day 3 of curing fires. I think my dome must not have much moisture left in it as the temp went way up today. Dome temp was 650 ish lower walls were 500-550.

Need to do some grinding in the chimney area to hopefully get some better flow as I'm getting a fair amount of smoke. Hopefully another 2 feet of chimney will help a bit also.

As always forward progress continues... I can almost see the finish line (at least for the oven, I've got more projects planned for the patio area, prep station, picnic table, etc...)

[cobblerdave]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

G'day
I suppose the race is on to finish and cure. Remember as the oven drys the heat goes up anyway as that moisture gets displaced . Try to keep that fire the same size till you don't get a raise in temps then ramp up the fire.
How's the humidity now ? I recon if its cold and not due rain the humidity would be low as well? If it is great, its in your favor.
Regards dave

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Still making good progress this week. Used the 8/4 popular wood I had on hand for the roof boards. Ran them thru my band saw to make them 4/4 as I did not have enough to make it if I left the boards 2" thick. Felt papered the roof tonight and got the chimney thru the roof again... as I stood back to check my progress I realized there is no reason not to start the curing fires



Fire has been going for the past 3+ hours. The dome peak has been hovering around 300-350 and the side walls have been around 200-250. Perfect night for a fire as its 45 degrees and falling outside.

I got a good deal on some B grade eastern white cedar shingles today.

The plan over the next 2-3 days is to keep going on the curing fires, cedar shingle the roof, get the chimney finished up and hopefully get the backer board on the walls.

[cobblerdave]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

G'day
43F sh!t that's 6C ! I think that's that's a record nightly low here!
Of course you would want to get that oven sealed up ... Fast
Regards dave

[UtahBeehiver]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

nuttin wrong with repurposing. Out of the box design and shape. Looks good.

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Walls will be hardiebacker as a base and the stones I pictured earlier in the thread.

Need to add a decorative brick arch over top of the fire brick oven entry.

Roof materials are still up in the air. I have a bunch of 8/4 popular wood that I could make into tongue and groove for the roof decking. I also have left over shingles that match my house and garage (free), but really want to do cedar shingles. Rafter ends will remain exposed as will the roof decking material as I don't want to box in the soffits.

I've been very cost careful with this build, trying to use what is available to me with little to no cost (as long as it does not affect the quality of the important parts). Most of the wood was left over from other projects or recycled. Stone was free. Hardiebacker I have scraps at work left over from a photo set build (glad I'm a packrat).

Right now I just want to get a roof over this thing before the weather gets any worse. It was 43 degrees here this morning... not ready for winter yet.

[cobblerdave]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

G'day
"Looking good " " nice framing " what's the finish to be .
That's walls and roof ?
Regards dave

[Greenman]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Looking good!

[Gulf]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Scott,
Very nice! design, and a great job on the framework .

[cobblerdave]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

G'day
You use 5 to 1 pearlite on the base to give it strength, use 8 to 1 10 to 1 on the dome cause the strength not important and insulation efficiently is. Loose filled pearlite is easy and efficient because it has no cement, why bother with blanket?
Regards Dave