Diy Outdoor Wood Burning Oven

Mix the concrete and pour it into the frame.

Diy outdoor wood burning oven. As a complete all in one outdoor cooking system the brickwood box is a fuel efficient wood burning grill meat smoker pig roaster rotisserie grill dutch oven uruguayan grill and bread and pizza oven that is fired with low cost and abundant firewood. Keep wood storage level about 1 1 2 foot high. When complete we will then face it with reclaimed brick. Frame out the area below the oven with weather resistant lumber to cover the steel framework and create support for a countertop around the oven image 1.

Lay the plywood frame on top of the base and lay rebar on top of the wood in a crisscross pattern. Make the base of oven using a wooden frame and filled it up with 2 x 25kg bags of concrete mixture and pour water in it. This pizza oven is going to take some sweat equity and a few days if not weeks to complete for most people. Your reward for this all this effort is year s of pizza eating bliss.

Make your outdoor oven beautiful basic finishing can be done by rubbing the oven s exterior smooth with a chunk of milled lumber a metal trowel or spoon or a polished rock. Make a semi circular arches out of 3 4 inch plywood to be used for wood storage and oven entrance. An outdoor pizza oven is essentially a contained wood fire so you will need a solid fireproof base. But for the diy guy or gal with a burning desire for wood fire pizza anytime it s the perfect project to invest your time and creativity toward.

For the bottom we are going to create a 4 x 5 rectangular base using traditional cement blocks. The best tasting pizza is cooked in a wood burning pizza oven built out of brick. While you can create a base out of concrete pavers a rough concrete slab cast specifically for this purpose gives you the greatest flexibility in terms of size and appearance. Use large flat trowels or a wood board to even out the concrete and give it a smooth flat finish.

Rebar will support the concrete and help to prevent cracking or separating. Attach the rebar with wire ties. Diy outdoor pizza oven building steps the base.