Corsair's 42" Pompeii Oven Mk 2

[Corsairmo]

Thanks UtahBeehiver, how long does it take for your oven to heat up? And how much wood would a firing take? My light duty oven took about 30-40 mins to heat up and I'd use say a milk crate worth of logs per firing. I'm worried it will take much longer with the heavy duty bricks, thus me considering cutting down the bricks.

[RandyJ]

My first oven was built out of super duty bricks. It worked great. It did take quite a bit of wood to get up to temp though. As for blades I used 10" segmented blades from Rigid and completely burned up 3 and made it a good way into a 4th. Just for your information.

Randy

[Corsairmo]

Did I render out the dome and the floor ahead of picking up the second load of bricks because I am excited for this find? Yes I did! Did I do some calculations and determine I want to cut the bricks down to 3" depth for what I hope will be a good balance of thermal mass and a responsive heating time? Yes, I did! I'm particularly excited about the curving floor bricks (background rendering), I think they will be eye-catching without being peel-catching!