I was finally able to fire my pizza oven hard this evening and get a good burn going. I lit a few small fires during the past few weekends, but not that intense. I was having issues with getting a good, hot burn until I figured out to push the established fire to the back and let it draft better. Running the fire in the middle had too much turbulence and caused a poor draft. Finally, it does as it should.
Right to the pictures.
Getting it going.
Pushed back.
Secondaries action at the top of the dome. Pretty serious heat now. My oven thermometer pegged out over 600*. Pretty intense heat at this point, sexy dancing flames too.
Pine kindling on the hot coals to brown the cheese on top.
Made 4 pizzas in this batch in about 1/2 hour. I could bake bread or anything else as the oven is retaining heat really well. One went up to my good neighbors who had company from Chicago sitting outside enjoying the evening.
Here is the link for the oven build pics if interested. I am finishing the cedar shingle roof over it. It just needs a ridge cap to finish it off.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/new-pizza-mud-oven-build-a-few-pics.86971/
Right to the pictures.
Getting it going.
Pushed back.
Secondaries action at the top of the dome. Pretty serious heat now. My oven thermometer pegged out over 600*. Pretty intense heat at this point, sexy dancing flames too.
Pine kindling on the hot coals to brown the cheese on top.
Made 4 pizzas in this batch in about 1/2 hour. I could bake bread or anything else as the oven is retaining heat really well. One went up to my good neighbors who had company from Chicago sitting outside enjoying the evening.
Here is the link for the oven build pics if interested. I am finishing the cedar shingle roof over it. It just needs a ridge cap to finish it off.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/new-pizza-mud-oven-build-a-few-pics.86971/