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  • January 4, 2008 at 12:00 AM #62370
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    Has anyone constructed a clay or brick oven for use in cooking bread etc. We are thinking about building one in the garden but would welcome anyone’s experiences.

    Thanks, Jenny

    January 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM #63824
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    I haven’t yet, but we have built a cob (Clay and Straw) house, small with a post and pole loft. House is still in progress, doing some work on it inside this winter. Thinking of building one oven outside and one inside the Cob house. I am gathering some rocks, bricks, straw, have mud, ideas and books, and waiting for weather to warm up. I love to talk mud, cob, brick Pizza /Bread ovens and share what we have so far.

    Brenda

    February 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM #63851
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    Years ago at the Free festivals I met a Dutch guy who baked bread every morning in a 45gallon drum laid on its side with the earth dug from around it and piled over it and the fire placed under it. It needed a very small fire in comparison to the size fo the oven and he made delicious bread and pizza and jacket spuds. I have seen similar ovens since but none as efficient as his design. The nice thing is that once finished you replace the turf and all you have is a small area of charred earth and a few dry turfs. I have never had need of such a construction so haven’t tried but as and when I find need I am sure I will be able to replicate it. And if propane reaches the £2/kg expected by the end of 2010 then I suspect I shall be building one. Mind you I hope to be somewhere else by that time as My experiments on this bit of land are close to complete and I am keen to move to the sun. No amount of off-grid technology can help arthritis!!!

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