Wood fire pizza oven

For those on a budget/lacking in impressive dedication, a pizza stone in a weber bbq with a lot of briquettes and clearly lid on is about as good as you can get without the real deal.
 
AcidHell2 said:
If I ever get my own house , then I will be building one. Loads of plans on the net on how to build them, so you dont need expensive kits. Just some fireproof stones and clay.
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Same here. I can't see mine costing me £2000. It's only a load of reclaimed bricks and sand and cement at the end of the day :cool:
 
divaboy said:
Heatproof bricks to spread the heat around apparently.

Looking around on the web 2-3K is a good benchmark mark figure :o
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I don't see how, as I posted relief, the prices for parts isn't huge. And that was like first link of google. Sure it can be cheaper. But even that was 50p cheaper per brick than op.

Now found 1.50 per brick when buying in 200

http://shop.vitcas.com/firebricks-230x114x64mm-6-p.asp

Proper arch £45
http://shop.vitcas.com/fire-bricks-arch-set-of-15-bricks-343-p.asp
 
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divaboy said:
Went to a BBQ over the weekend and some had one of these things made by himself :eek:

Just like the ones you see in greece/Asia etc etc. Truly awesome pizza's cooked in 45 seconds and tasted about 10X's better then Dom's or pizza hut.

Any fellow OCUK have one of these or thought about building one? This one cost the hose circa £2000:o

Good fun cooking on it though :D

EDIt pics for you

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why the jacket? It looks warm.
 
EdwardTeach said:
why the jacket? It looks warm.
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Was freezing soon as you left the pizza oven!

Acidhell No idea Re cost of brick just what I got told , maybe quality of bricks or regional differences ? Unsure as I didn't build it but either way it was impressive in my eyes anyway :)

If you do build one can I have an invite please :cool:
 
Its got a big crack in it....(the pink oven)...

Not much can beat a REALLY hot stonebaked type oven for pizzas.

Its by far the best way to cook them. As long as there is enough heat coming down onto the topping side. Its got to be nice and even. If thats the case then you have a winner.

All these frozen pizza jobs in electric ovens are just plain laughable in comparison to freshly made stuff cooked traditionally.

Oh god.... im hungry.
 
Gilly said:
Doesn't it all need to be special fireproof material though?
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They didn't have special fireproof material years ago. They just used to pack sand and clay around it. That's the way I'm going to do mine. If it breaks - fix it :D
 
All the best to any OC members wishing to build their own wood-fired ovens in 2012.

They can be as cheap or as expensive as you want. A Clay/Earth oven is the most economical to build as most of the materials are below your feet. Detailed plans are easily found for free on the web and even downloadable e-books on plans cost less than a fiver.

Traditional fire-brick built Pompeii ovens will cost considerably more, but the refractory materials will cost a lot less than mentioned in previous posts. There are also specialist WFO forums who can assist in sourcing materials and will interact on any Wood-fired oven build.

You tube is also a good resource for seeing how these beauties are built.

Terry (WFO builder)
 
I built one, cost me about £200 in materials and it's lasted 2 years. Absolutely great pizza/ naan bread/ roti on it.
Before than I used a pizza stone.

£2000 seems insane! How the hell did those ovens cost that much, if I saw them I'd be like "Probably cost about £400-500 inc labour"
 
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Most standard bricks are fired at 900 - 1200 c so why you'd need 'special' fire bricks I wouldn't know apart from being sold something, maybe the arch, base and inner liner but not the whole thing.

Was talking with my father at Christmas about these he'd like to make one, I suspect we'll make it out of spare materials lying around and see how it goes, as usual the internet turns everything into a black art.
 
£2.50 for firebrick? He got shafted there, you'd be looking at around half that from any builders merchants.

I'd love to build one, reclaimed stone though if I did.
Got a couple of pizza stones which aren't bad but you can't beat woodfired.
 
I get around said:
I built one, cost me about £200 in materials and it's lasted 2 years. Absolutely great pizza/ naan bread/ roti on it.
Before than I used a pizza stone.

£2000 seems insane! How the hell did those ovens cost that much, if I saw them I'd be like "Probably cost about £400-500 inc labour"
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Do you have pics fella? Where did you get the materials and plans from?
Tempted to do one for a summer project. :D
 
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