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I have my own brick wood-fired pizza oven and for that I get my logs from a local supplier and split them up home with a hatchet to whatever size I need for oven. The oven has a 30″ (76cm) diameter which means most logs can fit in there but what do you do for … Read more
I recently received a lovely tweet from someone who had used the information on this site to build their own pizza oven four years ago and had now started building another pizza oven in their new home as they’d recently move house! It’s great that they found it useful and even better that it stuck … Read more
Because I love my pizza, I’m subscribed to the Ooni newsletter and today I had an email promoting their largest oven ever, the Koda 2 Max Gas-Powered Pizza Oven. Most portable pizza ovens have space to just cook a single 12 inch pizza, but this one has a 24 inch cooking surface, so it’s a go for … Read more
Pizza ovens are a very social experience, so get your friends and family around and follow these tips for the best time.
I feel pretty proud that I built my own pizza oven from scratch and guests who come over to eat homemade pizzas are pretty chuffed and jealous in equal measures too! But this week I had the pleasure of getting the following email. Not only had Jim read about my pizza oven on this blog … Read more
To get straight to the point the best woods to burn in your wood-fired pizza oven are hardwoods such as ash, birch, oak, maple and beech. Whilst they’re more expensive than softwoods you really will notice the difference when using your pizza oven. Hardwood trumps softwood It’s hardwood all the way for your wood fired … Read more
It’s the final part of my pizza oven build where I add the final layer of render and give it a paint!
It’s important to insulate your pizza oven so that it retains heat and you have to use less firewood.
Once you’ve built your oven dome you can build the outer arch.
Here’s a quick vlog for my Pizza Oven project as I’ve now added the outer arch and flue and all that’s left is to add an insulation layer on the dome and render it.
Apart from that it’s a fully functioning pizza oven but insulation will help it warm up quicker and allow it to retain more heat so it’ll a worthwhile addition.
If you want to read my step-by-step diary of the build so far then please click here.