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Hey everyone,
It looks like most Pompeii builds are roughly hemispherical with a 20" dome height for a 40" oven floor. You can also calculate a 15.5" high ellipse starting on top of a 4.5 soldier, or a 17.5" ellipse on a no soldier design to get to 20".
Has anyone tried building a lower dome? It looks tough. I found a couple of photos of builds in Naples with a tall soldier and then an incredibly steep dome for what looks like a 16" height on a 40" oven. The precast ovens seem to be around 16" for a 40" oven. I was thinking of trying to build an 18" high dome with a 4.5" soldier course.
This group has the most oven experience. What do you all think? Will the build be more difficult?
Do you think I will be able to tell the difference when trying to make Pizza Napoletana with some reach pizza char?
As always, thanks for the input!
It looks like most Pompeii builds are roughly hemispherical with a 20" dome height for a 40" oven floor. You can also calculate a 15.5" high ellipse starting on top of a 4.5 soldier, or a 17.5" ellipse on a no soldier design to get to 20".
Has anyone tried building a lower dome? It looks tough. I found a couple of photos of builds in Naples with a tall soldier and then an incredibly steep dome for what looks like a 16" height on a 40" oven. The precast ovens seem to be around 16" for a 40" oven. I was thinking of trying to build an 18" high dome with a 4.5" soldier course.
This group has the most oven experience. What do you all think? Will the build be more difficult?
Do you think I will be able to tell the difference when trying to make Pizza Napoletana with some reach pizza char?
As always, thanks for the input!
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