[TimT]

I got the itch to make my own wood fired oven after going to some amazing Pizza joints in NYC like Patsy's on 1 St Ave @ 115th St Where they cook a pizza in about 2 minutes....It looks like a dump.... but...

I found Forno Bravo and researched... then saw on Instructable where a guy made an oven formed over an exercise ball. Then on further searching found a company that sells molds so you can diy pieces of an oven with castable (un-reinforced) concrete...BrickwoodOven So I said to myself... Self you can do this... my mold cost me about $12... since I didn't have any thin Masonite laying around I had to buy it... I had enough scrap plywood laying around etc for the rest

I worry a bit about an un-reinforced 3" concrete mix shell combined with high heat. It might crack.

Concrete cracks..... that's a fact jack!!

The mix I came up with is a lightweight fiber reinforced refractory mix, the fibers are in the first picture.... #10 twisted stainless steel wires..

But..... have you heard of a Big Green Egg.....

$1000

Take a look at
Wood Fired pizza Oven | Pizza Party

$900

Less my time, in all i'll be into this for about $350-400, and I like doing things like this....

Cool idea, but without substantial insulation below and all around the oven,

Ya think? Building the mold is simply the first step....the arch is going to sit on firebricks.. which will be cast into a 2 in refractory concrete base....After I get some good fires going Ill check the temps on the outside of the shell.... if it really hot Ill get some ceramic batt insulation, some expanded mesh, plaster it up and form a second removable insulating shell...

I'm interested to see what happens with concrete.

Me too, I was thinking of getting some stainless maybe 20 ga to line the portion of the stove where the fire is....

Pizza Hut?

Cereal?

Pizza Hut is to good pizza is as McDonald's is to a good burger...