Bluegoat Restaurant Oven, w/insulation-in-a-basket
Here’s a little video showing the construction of a super-insulated restaurant oven. The “basket” design seems to be a pretty inexpensive and effective way to insulate — not necessary for every oven,...
View ArticleNew Rocket Oven design by Flip and John
Jon and Flip Anderson have been working with Aprovecho Research Institute and building smokeless cookstoves in Haiti. They came up with this neat “rocket oven” design that answers some of the...
View ArticleUK Earth Oven Project to help Bedouins
Here’s a new oven story that popped up one day via Google Alerts. It comes from the founder of The Makhad Trust, a UK non-profit focused on helping Bedouin tribal desert communities. It began with the...
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How to Make a Rocket Powered Kiln of Clay and Sawdust
The Ahiasun kiln & stove factory in operation. Firing used about $6 of low-grade fuel — about what’s in the stack at R (or maybe less?) Note stove bodies on shelf. Jon and Flip Anderson have been...
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Combining Earthen and Masonry Techniques in Wood-Fired Oven Construction
Is it made of earth or brick? Â This is a common distinction in the world of wood-fired ovens and comes with a whole slew of assumptions. Â “Earth ovens are cheaper, easier to build but less durable.”...
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Wood-fired oven recipes: Hameen Eggs
I don’t normally get excited about hard-boiled eggs, but these aren’t your normal fare. The color alone gives them a quality like deeply polished mahogany; the flavor is nutty and sweet; the texture...
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New translations! in Spanish and German: Hornos de Barro; Lehm Backofens
Thanks to muddy friends Ian Miller, Christo Markham, and Xavier Rodriguez, there are now German and Spanish editions of Build Your Own Earth Oven. The German edition is published by Stocker Verlag,...
View ArticleWood-fired, earth-oven pizza grows a family business in Cedar City UT
Wood-fired, earth-oven pizza grows a family business in Cedar City UT The Murray family needed extra income to pay dad’s college tuition; he had already made a little backyard oven, and decided he...
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Earth Oven builders in Ecuador, Manuel (10), Juan Carlos (6)
A builder in Alaska sent me this story about an earth oven she built in Ecuador, with two helpers. At the ages of 10 and 6, they are clearly competent. Margaret writes: Winters in Kodiak were beginning...
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earth oven building errors to avoid
Beginning an oven building adventure…click on the photo to read the builder’s story… Especially when building a larger oven, there are some clear earth oven building errors to avoid. (Building an oven...
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