Making Your Own Outdoor Pizza Ovens

Having an outdoor pizza oven is really a greatfrom the whole perimeter. You should line three
feature that you can add to your home. Withof these sides with your concrete blocks. On the
outdoor pizza oven, with the burning wood that isfront part of your oven, leave a blank space. This
used, you are guaranteed to experience theis for your wood door. Then, add the bricks to
unique taste of pizzas. If you want to make yourthe outer surface of the concrete blocks. Pile the
own outdoor pizza oven, well it is possible! Youbrick and blocks until about 2 feet high. Make sure
have read the right article. It may take someto put mortar between each block and brick.
time in building, but I assure you, this will not beInside the fire encasement, build a wooden
difficult.support using your 2x4s. Do not forget to add a
These are the things that you need beforedoor for the door. To make another concrete
getting started:slab, put a piece of plywood above the support
- Mortarand add one more ring of 2x4s. Fill it in with
- Bricksconcrete and allow drying. Create an area of the
- Concrete blocksoven that will be used to bake food. Allow a door
- Shovelwhere you can put your pizza in and out of your
- Concreteoven.
- 2x4sYou can create wooden templates of your
First that you need to consider is deciding on thedesired stone arch. This would add to the
size of the oven that you want. You shouldappearance of your oven. Take time to follow the
choose an area where your desired oven sizepattern and wait for the arch to dry.
would fit perfectly. Furthermore, dig a pit thatFinally, line the bricks outside the oven to leave an
would fit in your desired oven size (about 5 inchesopen space for the chimney. Let the whole thing
deep). Around the sides of the pit, line wood anddry before you can start using it.
fill the whole pit with concrete. Allow the concreteIt is easy, right? However, if you still think that it
to dry first before proceeding to the nextis hard, or you do not have enough time in building
procedure.it, well, there are many internet resources to
After drying up of the concrete, you can nowchoose from. Just look for the best ones to
build a fire encasement. Measure the brick. Draw aensure your satisfaction.
line on the width of the brick plus two inches