| You might have had dinner in lots of pizza restaurants | | | | are used in ovens that are available in the market |
| and will still be remembering the taste and flavor of | | | | today and these are easily available from hardware |
| brick oven in the dish. Brick ovens have been around | | | | stores. You can also use Soapstone which also holds |
| for many years and only people rich enough are | | | | heat and its capacity is more than that of firebrick and |
| thought to have owned them. Below is a simple | | | | it will improve the efficiency of oven. When you have |
| process that can lead you towards your private brick | | | | got the material you require for your hearth, you should |
| oven. It will be possible for you to own one and you will | | | | mock the layout with cardboard or paper. This will help |
| find that its construction is very simple. | | | | you in getting accurate measurements. |
| You should first pick a spot where you want to place | | | | Next step is vault and baking chamber in construction |
| your outdoor pizza oven. Pick up a spot where no | | | | process of outdoor pizza oven. Vault in oven has two |
| trees are around or branches overhead. Any objects | | | | layers and the inner layer acts as chamber of oven |
| that are inflammable should be removed from the spot. | | | | while the outer layer will act as outer shell. You can |
| After choosing the spot, dig down a couple of feet to | | | | make the outer shell with ordinary bricks but the inner |
| make strong base for outdoor pizza oven. | | | | shell should be constructed with firebrick or soapstone. |
| A range of materials is available which you can use to | | | | Do not forget to include flue in your construction plan |
| construct the base of oven. If you are low on budget | | | | as it increases air circulation. |
| then concrete will be the best choice as it is | | | | Once you have constructed the vault, place a cap on |
| inexpensive and easy to use. The base of oven | | | | flue to keep it safe from weather and the cap should |
| should look decorative but durability should not be | | | | be waterproof. When you have completed the |
| compromised. Gravel and sand can be used in | | | | construction process, leave the oven for 7 to 8 days |
| construction process but these should be tightly | | | | and let it dry. When it has settled, start a fire in the |
| packed.Hearth slab comes next in construction | | | | chamber and keep repeating these steps until you are |
| process and while pouring it, fire frame work should be | | | | satisfied that heat can bake the chamber from inside. |
| cut to stabilize it. If you want to keep an option of ash | | | | You can cook every conventional thing you cook in |
| trap in your outdoor pizza oven then you should leave | | | | any other oven, in outdoor pizza oven as well. These |
| a slot in hearth slab to let ashes drop through. | | | | easy steps can give you the luxury of enjoying |
| Now is the step of constructing oven hearth. Firebricks | | | | restaurant like pizza in your home. |