Build A Wood Fired Pizza Oven In Your Backyard

Watch me build a wood fired brick pizza oven for my back yard patio.

Build a wood fired pizza oven in your backyard.

Building a solid foundation isn t a big deal when building a medium sized oven such as the one we demonstrated but it s an extremely important subject when it comes to larger brick ovens. Your oven is now ready to be fired up no curing needed figure d. Mix the refractory clay with water and sand and generously coat all outside brick seams and gaps go heavy on the arch. This oven s dimensions are 1200 mm x 1200 mm x 300 mm.

An outdoor pizza oven is essentially a contained wood fire so you will need a solid fireproof base. It emits a lot of smoke and heat and you certainly don t wanna put your home on fire so it s better to construct it outside. Building a mortarless wood fire pizza oven tweet 8. Wood fire ovens are visceral fun and theatrical.

It won t be pretty but you won t mind when your belly is full of amazing wood fired pizza. Nothing beats the taste of cooking or baking with wood fired flame. While you can create a base out of concrete pavers a rough concrete slab cast specifically for this purpose gives you the greatest flexibility in terms of size and appearance. Smoke and heat will escape this oven unless you seal it.

Build the bottom of the mold for the base. More and more people are getting back into enjoying the outdoors and with summer in full swing backyard cookery is adding to the experience. With a wood fired pizza oven in your backyard you ll be able to bake more than just pizza. You can t build an oven inside your home.

The oven will holds heat for long periods of time so the day after you fire it up for pizza you can. You obviously need an outdoor space to make one.