Post by thestens1 on May 14, 2021 10:21:25 GMT
New to the board so hello to all. Really seeking advice on building a brick and slab pizza oven. I found a Youtube video of an American who built a rudimentary pizza oven using 50 bricks and 2 slabs( www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHMQ_QQJtbY). OK I thought I'll have a go at that. I had 2 60x60 concrete slabs and bought enough bricks ( commons). Built it and have done two test firings . First it did not get hot enough. Second more wood and essentially it was a disaster. It got to a suitable temperature but after about 40 minutes the slab used for cooking on exploded - disintegrated and some of the bricks nearest to the fire split. Fortunately no one was close at the time.
Obviously I am using the wrong materials - I don't want to spend a fortune ( not much really up to £50) so should I get blue engineering bricks and stone slabs? Or should I just forget the whole thing?
thestens1