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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:11 pm
by wheels
Superb!

Phil :D :D

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:38 am
by cannyfradock
Tried the oven out last weekend. There were 10 adults and 5 kids.....so in reality there were 15 kids.....we had great fun.

I made 3 different types of pizza dough and 1 small batch of Naan dough. I left the recipe for each dough so we could make comparisons......it didn't make a scrap of difference, as, when the oven was ready everybody just tore lumps of dough off and made their own toppings. There was pushing and shoving and jumping the queue trying to be first.......at least the children behaved themselves !!!

Here's some collections of pics of the build and our trial evening

http://imageshack.us/g/824/soven008.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/g/830/soven9022.jpg/

I can't wait to try a suckling pig in the oven.

Regards...Terry

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:36 pm
by wheels
Now if only I could persuade my mate "Roger the brickie" (that's a name rather than an instruction!) to take a few days off work. :lol: :lol:

Phil

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:06 pm
by Yannis
Great oven Terry !!!

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:27 pm
by Cedaronics
cannyfradock wrote:cedaronics

Nice looking wood fired oven build. After building an oven yourself ...and using it yourself would you change anything if you were to build a 2nd WFO ?.

I built mine 2 years ago and I have just started my 2nd build. There are many things I will change on this Wood-fired oven/grill station.....here's the end of day1 of my new build...

Image

Terry


Wow, this is some sort of record in delaying my reply!

If I were to change anything, it would be to add a proper door to the oven - currently if I wan't to cook anything other than pizza I have to stack some old firebricks in the doorway.

Much better to have a dedicated door built in. But that means a bit more work, such as building in a reveal in the opening, and sourcing a proper door and frame. That would also mean altering the dimensions of the opening, as this one is as it is due to the constraints of the brick I had access to.

Other than that, this one is a great size, just bout perfect. THe floor measures around four feet by three wide.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:57 pm
by cannyfradock
Cedaronics

You can always improvise if you haven't a built in recess for your door. A simple "soaked" block of wood pushed against the entrance and a damper on your chimney (if there is one) will work wonders for retaining heat for bread baking....I just looked back at your original post in this thread to see the picture of your oven, but it is no longer there.

Terry

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:09 pm
by Cedaronics
Terry, good idea for the door, thanks.

I just saw that my photostream on flikr was gone - i think I deleted the pictures some time ago. Sorry about that. I'll have to see if I can put it, or something similar, back up there and relink to it.

Tim

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:25 pm
by Cedaronics
Hopefully this pic will come out ok. I can't find the original I postsed, so I'll put a few of the construction ones up.

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Oven June 2008_2 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:26 pm
by Cedaronics
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IMGP1879_2 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

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IMGP1886_2 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

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IMGP1891_2 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

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IMGP1939_2 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:27 pm
by Cedaronics
And firing:

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IMGP3332 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:28 pm
by Cedaronics
lol! While I'm at it (all things cooking al fresco), a couple of pics showing fish (bream) baked in salt in the ground.

I know, not exactly sausagey.

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Image0121_2 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

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Image0125_2 by Tim Redberry, on Flickr

PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:49 am
by cannyfradock
Tim

Great looking oven. Looking at those thermometers I don't think you have any trouble getting your oven up to temperature.

....I shouldn't worry about showing pictures of fish.....this brilliant forum is quite diverse in the topics it covers......

Terry

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:53 pm
by cannyfradock
If anybody following this thread is thinking about building their own Wood-fired oven from brick or clay etc, please use the link in my signature for reference......there's lots of good info/stuff to help you with your planning.

Since Feb 2012 we have moved our interactive WFO forum to here... http://ukwoodfiredovenforum.proboards.com/index.cgi .......we have many ongoing builds in 2012 which can be followed plus we are more than willing to answer any questions or advise on the different stages of your build.

WE are all about sharing our knowledge and I hope this post is OK with Admin and Mods of this forum.

Terry

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:58 pm
by Cedaronics
Thanks for the reminder, Terry. I was out earlier this afternoon looking at my forlorn wfo covered in algae etc and wondering if I'd ever get it cranked up again.

Where do I find a minimum of 20 friends to make it worthwhile?! There's only so much pizza I can eat!

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:09 pm
by wheels
Thanks for the update Terry.

Phil :D :D