Out of work Pizza Man's 42" Build in NJ

[spiderrinaldi]

Re: Out of work Pizza Man's 42" Build in NJ

Are you building an oven for bread or pizza?

My fault in explaining. I began by reading the book, then found on this forum on why I should not build the barrel oven if I want to make pizza primarily. So I am building a Pompeii dome.

The book was a good starting point in learning the basics.

[spiderrinaldi]

Re: Out of work Pizza Man's 42" Build in NJ

I just used regular Quikrete sack mix for the slab, rented a mixer from HD and went to work. Unfortunately, one of my biggest problems was that I began to run out of daylight at the end of the pour. If I hadn't already rented the mixer, I probably would not have started that late, but knew that it had to be back in the morning. I did get it done, however the finish on the top was not as smooth as I would have liked. The slab is reinforced with 1/2" rebar and I put an isolation layer of polystyrene underneath.

Next after keeping the slab wet for a few days and after it cured pretty well, I set down my block. Nothing fancy here. Joined with standard mortar, poured concrete into the four corners with rebar, used an angle iron above the door and also reinforced with rebar.

[GianniFocaccia]

Re: Out of work Pizza Man's 42" Build in NJ

There are better-designed ovens (for bread and pizza) than the outdated Alan Scott ovens.

Check out the free Pompeii oven plans on the FB site and the builds contained here:

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f2/newbie-s-survey-forno-bravo-treasures-15133.html

If it's superior pizza you want, you may as well build what will undoubtedly get you there.

John

[Tscarborough]

Re: Out of work Pizza Man's 42" Build in NJ

Are you building an oven for bread or pizza?

[spiderrinaldi]

Hi All. I decided to start my build towards the end of the summer. I have been out of work because my family's pizzeria has been closed since the end of June due to a fire that started the next store over. I eventually got frustrated with poor pizza that I attempted to make in my conventional GE gas oven. I needed to build a real pizza oven. I decided to dive in. After spending a great deal of time researching and reading "The Bread Builders" book, I started planing my build. Eventually I got to starting.

Pics:
Here is the spot that I choose to put the oven.

One of the first tasks was to redirect the sprinkler pipes away from underneath my slab location.