Wood Fired Ovens in Conneticut!

[mike61]

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Hey everybody! This is my first post to this awesome site. I'm in Torrington, CT and have been enjoying my pizza oven since November 2006. I look forward to reading though all the content here and being part of this community!

-Mike

[Aegis]

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Hey everybody! This is my first post to this awesome site. I'm in Torrington, CT and have been enjoying my pizza oven since November 2006. I look forward to reading though all the content here and being part of this community!

-Mike

Hi Mike,
I just closed my dome tonight with the keystone! I am getting close now to firing and curing the oven. Which type of oven did you build? AS or Pompeii?
I am getting to the point of having to decide on adding extra thermal mass/cladding on the outside of the dome and I am still not sure of the benefits/trade offs. I am building a pompeii oven with 4 inch walls so far And I am now working on the vent chimney area. My goal is for pizza and then baking bread with other cooking as the temps allow.
Let me know how you use your oven and any suggestions you may have for my build.
Thanks
John

[Lburou]

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snip....,
I just closed my dome tonight with the keystone! I am getting close now to firing and curing the oven....snip

Congratulations!!

What is next for you?

[Aegis]

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Thanks for the congrats, I'll post some pics soon. I am working on the outside of the base and the on the oven outer arch/vent area. I am just hoping my HF saw blade holds out for the remainder of the build!
John

[mike61]

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Hi Mike,
I just closed my dome tonight with the keystone! I am getting close now to firing and curing the oven. Which type of oven did you build? AS or Pompeii?
Thanks
John

Hi John, congrats on nearing completion of your oven!! As for mine, I actually purchased it from a place in New Haven called Tuscany Fire back in
'06. It's a Difiore oven imported from Italy. It's a modular oven consisting of 14 individual pieces. Since I did not trust my skills, I hired a mason to assemble it and build an enclosure around it. I obviously failed in my attempt to post a photo of it. If you can give me a helpful hint on posting the photo, I will attempt it again.
As far as what type of cooking I do in my oven, I do virtually everything you would do in a conventional oven. Besides pizza, I've baked bread, lasagna, porchetta (Italian style pork roast), our Thankgiving turkey every year, roasted root veggies, etc. I'm hoping to do my first suckling pig sometime this summer as well.
Good luck with your oven John, I know you must be very excited!

-Mike.

[dmun]

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If you can give me a helpful hint on posting the photo, I will attempt it again.

There are multiple ways of uploading photos, this thread covers the basics:

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f2/u...otos-3241.html

[mike61]

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Hi dmun, thanks for the link! I'll try to repost my pic and see what happens.
Thanks again!

Mike.

[Aegis]

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Hi dmun, thanks for the link! I'll try to repost my pic and see what happens.
Thanks again!

Mike.

Good Morning Mike,
I'd love to see your oven!
Thanks
John

[mike61]

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Hi John,

I'm trying to post the pic of my oven but I keep getting a message that the upload failed. I'll keep trying.

-Mike

[Aegis]

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Hi John,

I'm trying to post the pic of my oven but I keep getting a message that the upload failed. I'll keep trying.

-Mike

Hi Mike,
You may need to down size the pic to 800 by 600 pixels, there is a limit on size of pictures.
Hope this helps
John

[mike61]

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Ok, I think I finally got it to work this time......

[Aegis]

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Ok, I think I finally got it to work this time......

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Great looking oven Mike, love the stone work, pottery and that table must be great to work on! Perfect spot to boot, very nice! VERY Nice indeed!

[mike61]

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Thanks John! Having this pizza oven built was one of the best decisions I've made, I wouldn't change a thing. I wish I had a spot in my house for one so I could use it regardless of the weather....someday maybe

-Mike

[Aegis]

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I wish I had a spot in my house for one so I could use it regardless of the weather....someday maybe

-Mike

Well Mike, at least we didn't have a really bad winter this past year! LOL I was thinking I should have bought a front loader to move the snow mountains that were created. This would have been great justification to use it to get to the oven next winter!