Wood Fired Pizza Oven

[Bill Miller]

We are building a gazebo in our back yard and installing a pizza oven. We are getting the small home oven shown on this website- www.losangelesovenworks.com --I'm looking for tips on how to build this. Any thoughts from those of you who have an oven and would have done something different or are happy with what you have--recipes? Anything.

[Shelby]

I wish I had some tips to give you, but I don't have one of those.

Just wanted to tell you I'm envious!

[mkayahara]

I don't have one, but I hope to one day. Have you checked out this page? It's got lots of links to various sites about wood-fired ovens.

[JimH]

I had a great link to a page that dealt with many different types of bread ovens, unfortunately it's no longer available. I did find one of the many pages it linked to so I hope this helps: http://heatkit.com/html/bakeoven.htm

[Ciao Ling]

We are building a gazebo in our back yard and installing a pizza oven.  We are getting the small home oven shown on this website- www.losangelesovenworks.com --I'm looking for tips on how to build this. Any thoughts from those of you who have an oven and would have done something different or are happy with what you have--recipes? Anything.

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Last fall we put in a patio with a gazebo off of a pizza oven and got to really use it this past summer (this is upstate NY and not Texas!). I am not handy, so we worked with a local design firm after getting estimates for the work. The bulk of the cost was for the masonry that the pizza oven is set into. We decreased some of the cost by using a cultured stone facade instead of real stone, although we have natural limestone counters for work space. The gazebo is made of pressure treated lumber with decorative fiberglass columns. The roof is vented through a cupola and we have a ceiling fan for times the chimney draw might not be as developed, for example when you just start a fire. Our oven is by Mugnaini (which is also used by Chez Panisse, although ours is the residential model). The Forno Bravo oven page is a good source of info with an active forum. You can also find tips from other wood fired oven owners such as here or by joining the Yahoo Brick Oven Group. The forums at Pizzamaking.com are also terrific with many who have wood fired ovens and too many recipes to count from pizza fanatics. Youtube also has some great videos of pizzas in the oven. We are still learning to use our oven beyond pizza. Breads are another whole learning experience- still getting the hang of it. Some pics below. One of my best investments. Good luck. You won't regret it (unless you have to move).

[Raoul Duke]

Alan Scott, Ovencrafters, has plans that includes materials lists for the home builder. I'm starting one this spring, as well. Got to say Ciao, your patio area looks great tying in the gazebo with the oven.

Raoul