Wood Fired Oven

[Minder]

I fancied the idea of some sort of DIY cooking facility outside. A wood fired oven was my first choice (have a BBQ already). Looked at some websites for (imported) wood fired ovens and found the price a tad high - like £4000 too high.

So the plan is to build a domed wood fired oven from scratch. Anyone ever tried one of these? Any advice?

 

[Thermo]

im planning to build one in my garden this year. I found this website was pretty helpful

http://www.traditionaloven.com/index.html

 

[Minder]

Thanks Thermo. I have been in contact with Rado, he offers a lot of informatio on the website and some additional material on CD if you are willing to cover the cost of mailing from Oz.

I received the cd last week, but haven't had time to go through the content. But the information arrived very promptly and was only a few quid with the exchange rate. He is a real enthusiast very open with his information.

 

[bobby spray]

I watched an episode of the river cottage where HFW made a pizza oven from scratch using nothing more than a few firebricks, sand and clay he dug from his pond. It worked as well!!!

 

[Minder]

I just found these resources

http://www.fornobravo.com/store/Instruction-Manuals-and-eBooks-p-1-c-260.html

The instruction manuals are free to download. Registration required. Select the manuals in the shopping basket, go to checkout. Register details (no payment details required), then receive an email with the download link.

I have the manual for the Pompeii oven - a brick built dome oven - exactly what I was looking for. There are plans in the manual for two sizes of oven. All materials are described and should be available at the local DIY - refractory bricks are available from online suppliers.