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FishHog
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 07:25am
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We have had this on our list for years, but this summer Mrs Fishie and I build a wood fired pizza oven at the cottage.
Other than the straw for the cob external layer, all items were dug on site.
It was a lot more work than I planned, especially after my ATV died, and I had to wheelbarrow 3/4 of the material to the build site. Not sure I'll ever eat enough pizza to gain back the calories I burned building this, but I'm going to give it a try.
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jhp
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 08:10am
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Awesome build, looks like a pro job.
I'm in the same boat, I think I'd maybe use it twice a year but I still want one!
I've seen people fashion thick doors for the front and use them as a regular oven after building smaller fires in it - so no reason you couldn't use it to bake bread or meatloaf or whatever.
I have heard if you build it right, and have a good hot fire on say a Friday night for pizza it will stay hot for a whole day after you can keep cooking on it at lower temps, that is a pretty neat feature.
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FishHog
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 09:25am
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i did a door as well. We have slow cooked a couple things overnight in it
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jhp
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 09:29am
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I would think you could also use it as a smoker then right?
I'd probably be buying a pork butt and some ribs for "testing" purposes.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 10:37am
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Awesome oven.ðŸ‘
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KelVarnsen
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 11:25am
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I would definitely eat a pizza that you made in that oven...and I hope to soon. Great job!!
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 11:55am
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Looks great! Do you have any links you could share on how to construct?
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FishHog
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 11:55am
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Not sure about the smoker option. Guess it could work but would be hard to control I would think
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jhp
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 12:01pm
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Assuming there's a chimney in the back with a damper we can't see...as long as it drafts you could smoke in it.
Prop the front door so it's open just a crack and the back damper like 1/2 to 3/4 open with a small fire I'm sure you could hold a good smoking temp.
Don't need that much smoke to turn out a good pork butt anyway.
Please test and report back LOL.
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tichalet
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 12:05pm - Edited by: tichalet
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Ontario Lakeside who posts here on the regular (but maybe not under that name?) showed how he & his family built theirs - actually their second one at their cabin - on YouTube last year.
[Spoiler: an exercise ball was involved]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFvXbvsd_Fo
Also note in the comments that he thinks he'd use a clay pipe instead of the metal tubing for the chimney if he had it to do over again because he got an expansion crack there that he had to patch.
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paulz
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 12:29pm
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Wow, sweet Fish! Many cool cabin accessories like this, deck furniture, I want to do, just can't seem to ever get past the necessities stage.
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FishHog
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2021 01:07pm
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Quoting: jhp Assuming there's a chimney in the back with a damper we can't see...as long as it drafts you could smoke in it.
No chimney for us. It is a specific calculation to get the door height correct so it will vent while burning and not smother itself with smoke.
Chimney isn't necessary, if you do the math, and it lets so much heat out that we decided not to go that way so we could do long slow cooking in it.
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