Making 3 Pizzas in the Wood Fired Oven

Christmas Dinner in a Wood Fired Oven

Bread in the wood fired oven, Christmas 2010.

Roasting beef bones for stock. Christmas 2010

Christmas Dinner 2010

NY Strip Roast cooked in WF Oven, Christmas 2010

Bread shot showing crumb. Christmas dinner 2010.

I work so hard to create those air holes.

Oven building this week

Last weekend, we painted three oven frames. The frames are scubbed with a detergent to remove any oil from the manufacturing process, then coated with Red Oxide Rustoleum Primer and then painted with Rustoleum Flat Black Enamel. A foam roller is used to apply the Rustoleum, except in the nooks and crannies where a small spray can is used.

We then proceeded to build 3 ovens.

Oven 1 is complete except for the final scrub, where we apply apple cider vinegar to the bricks, scrub lightly, and then hose it off. This removes any of the cloudy grout film that may be on the bricks.

Oven 2 is complete except for removal of the protective plastic and the final scrub, where we apply apple cider vinegar to the bricks, scrub lightly, and then hose it off. This will be done after we are sure the grout is dry.

Oven 3 has not been grouted yet. We like to wait overnight, so that the bricks have been stuck to the oven for a period before we grout.