Had some 1/8" steel bar lying around, so I made a quick andiron for the oven. I was able to try it out on Wednesday night and I found that it worked really well. It instantly lit the wood I was feeding the fire during my pizza cook, keeping a nice flame roll the entire time (2+ hours). But by the end of the night, it clearly had had enough 
Gotta bend it back into shape and reinforce it with a little angle iron!
Gotta bend it back into shape and reinforce it with a little angle iron!