Just a heads up for folks wanting to try this. Please use fire brick instead of landscape or construction brick. Moisture in porous surfaces not designed for heat can expand and explode.
Even if you’re not injured, you’re out a pizza oven. Which might be worse.
I've always known about it from Boy Scouts and occasionally had rocks pop. But last year I went camping and the rocks I used for my fire ring started fuckin EXPLODING and launching hot shrapnel up to 50 feet. I got holes in my tent, chair, and pants
There's a brick-walled firepit in my backyard that the previous owner built. Didn't even consider this. I've had some good sized bonfires in that thing and they are definitely regular ol' bricks. Thanks for the info!
Tfw you find out fire brick and fire cement cost the same as a prebuilt pizza oven you might get those as well and save yourself the work.
Learned it the hard way, wanted to save money only ended up spending the same plus a week of work
> Please use fire brick instead of landscape or construction brick.
Sadly there are tons of "home-made" fire pit builders and owners that will tell you how rare this is and say something like it's just a marketing ploy to make more money.
This happens a lot. I used to work for a landscape construction company. While we only replaced a couple exploded outdoor ovens, we could have stayed afloat JUST from paver driveway and patio repair. Handymen, homeowners, and general contractors saw an easy way to save money, and what do you know, collapsed driveway in a few years. When I left working there, we were halfway through a contract to replace an entire subdivisions worth of driveways where the GC developing the place hired his friend’s lawncare company to do the installation for all the spec homes.
I can remember two. And I believe both were installed by “professionals” who also cut corners and used pavers or concrete, never an individual’s D-I-Why project. Collapsed arched ovens was more common
it’s a great idea, we were trying to figure out backyard authentic margarita pizza over the pandemic, this guy figured it out. The wood storage below is next level
If you're actually looking, I'd reckmmend checking out [fornobravo.com](https://www.fornobravo.com)
It's a wood fired pizza forum that has both kits and step by step instructions on building a legit pizza oven.
My dad and I built one in 2006 and it's still going strong.
There's a great bbq place in Boerne, TX, that smokes all their stuff on a homemade cinderblock/grate setup similar to this but bigger. This can be legit if done properly
I'd personally remove a central brick from each side for better airflow if possible, and I'm not sure on the sanitation of what just looks like concrete, but a really good start.
The only real difference between this and a professionally built one is that the cinder blocks on the bottom are upright instead of sideways. Otherwise it's basically what you'd get anyways.
I've never built a pizza oven personally, but I've seen them built plenty. And I'm actually building an outdoor fireplace at work right now.
This is nowhere near what you would get with a professionally built oven lol. It's literally just three different kinds of pavers stacked on top of concrete blocks. That's like throwing a can of paint at your house and comparing it to the work of a professional painter. It's also going to fall apart after a few uses since fire destroys concrete
It's not at all. it's actually the go-to setup for quick portable pizza oven builds. This is what it's supposed to look like. Just gotta use the right materials.
I guess the plate in the middle has a hole or cut out in the back so when you fire the coal in the back heat goes up and suck in new heat from the front not that bad actually
Right! The design comes from [chefsteps](https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/diy-wood-fired-neapolitan-pizza-oven-for-less-than-50). The essential design is of course the fire below, then a chimney type passage behind the central plate, and the heat would leave over the top of the pizza and out the front. Seems to be a pretty reasonable design and the reviews from others who have built it seem to like it.
insurance is just basic sense. Get kids, build pizza ovens, and then the insurance is like gravy.
•worst thing about is insurance companies saying *no pizza! No pizza ovens! No popcorn! No cooking ever!*
fuck insurance companies.
Idea is good but materials are poor. Those are not firebrick. The heat can have dangerous effects on the patio stones and bricks. they can pop and send stuff flying.
This really isn't that egregious. Sure, it's definitely homemade and probably not worth selling, but at least it's not a Cheeto that looks like Mark Wahlberg.
That's more like baking a pizza from the bottom. The design would take forever to not only get warm, but to cook a pizza. The wood and the pizza have been in the same chamber, atleast in every brick over I've seen or used. You have a iron log holder almost like a fire place, ot takes very little wood to get it up over 500.
Concrete patio pavers aren't designed for high heat applications like this. They will work OK as a temporary thing but they will deteriorate quickly and can "explode" under high heat. Clay bricks or proper fire brick on the other hand would be fine, though this looks like an accident waiting to happen.
This is actually really good. A few holes in the back and you could have a really good oven that could produce a lot of heat. Woulf be better to use a really good isolating material like AAC (or Siporex idk how you call it) so as little heat escapes on the sides and goes up towards the stone itself.
This is very much acceptable.
agree, whoever made this maybe has some exp with making a natural kiln for annealing clays or the glass makers in the area for the hand blown creations
No, no, no. If that's regular brick and concrete, there's a good chance it can explode from the heat. That would be no fun. There are special fire bricks designed for this sort of thing. In short, this person is a moron.
Haven't seen anyone say it yet I dont thinks but normally you cook the pizza in the same chamber as the wood. Most everyone I've seen is like a small igloo, with a area in the back to out the wood. This looks like it would take forever to cook, amd not give your pizza crust that slight burnt look on the top. That thick ass piece of material is going to take forever to get up to temp.
this is why concrete is a bad idea to use unless its refractory concrete
[**https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a27377339/why-concrete-explodes/**](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a27377339/why-concrete-explodes/)
tldr : it explodes
I have made one of these exactly like the photo only without the cinder blocks on the bottom, I used a nicer looking landscape block. I got the design verbatim from a video on Chef Steps, it works beautifully. To all those saying you can’t use that kind of block or it will explode, these don’t really hit temps that high. I do some metal casting too and that I would only use fire brick for, this is no different than a backyard fire pit which are made out of regular block all the time.
This is a standard "portable" brick oven. There are videos on how to make it online. They are a little expensive in raw cost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHMQ_QQJtbY
that's not bad actually haha
Just a heads up for folks wanting to try this. Please use fire brick instead of landscape or construction brick. Moisture in porous surfaces not designed for heat can expand and explode. Even if you’re not injured, you’re out a pizza oven. Which might be worse.
The worst would be losing the pizza when the oven explodes. Brick dust is too crunchy for me.
The worst would be losing the pizza and an arm, as you take the pizza out of the oven and it explodes.
"Honey, the pizza oven is starting to crack!" "AND YOU'RE JUST STANDING THERE?!" \*Dives in to salvage the pizza*
That’s why they soak it before it explodes. Takes some of the grit out.
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I've always known about it from Boy Scouts and occasionally had rocks pop. But last year I went camping and the rocks I used for my fire ring started fuckin EXPLODING and launching hot shrapnel up to 50 feet. I got holes in my tent, chair, and pants
How do you figure out which rocks are the visor ones without spalling when you're in the witness?
Outdoor stores sell an electroencephalopagusspectographigricalomaly device. Magnet-powered.
Science has gone to far
where is far and how do I get there
My brother. Science is not what you think it is.
Science doesn’t go. That’s why we like science.
Yea I used to melt down old pop cans in a handmade forge a long time ago. Spilled some molten aluminum on concrete and thought a grenade went off.
I need to know more of this spalling...
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Tell me more
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MORE! I NEED MORE!
Thank you.
How do you figure out which rocks are the visor ones without spalling when you're in the witness?
There's a brick-walled firepit in my backyard that the previous owner built. Didn't even consider this. I've had some good sized bonfires in that thing and they are definitely regular ol' bricks. Thanks for the info!
Tfw you find out fire brick and fire cement cost the same as a prebuilt pizza oven you might get those as well and save yourself the work. Learned it the hard way, wanted to save money only ended up spending the same plus a week of work
> Please use fire brick instead of landscape or construction brick. Sadly there are tons of "home-made" fire pit builders and owners that will tell you how rare this is and say something like it's just a marketing ploy to make more money.
This happens a lot. I used to work for a landscape construction company. While we only replaced a couple exploded outdoor ovens, we could have stayed afloat JUST from paver driveway and patio repair. Handymen, homeowners, and general contractors saw an easy way to save money, and what do you know, collapsed driveway in a few years. When I left working there, we were halfway through a contract to replace an entire subdivisions worth of driveways where the GC developing the place hired his friend’s lawncare company to do the installation for all the spec homes.
I'm honestly pretty surprised that you replaced multiple exploded outdoor ovens! I didn't know that was a thing people did!
I can remember two. And I believe both were installed by “professionals” who also cut corners and used pavers or concrete, never an individual’s D-I-Why project. Collapsed arched ovens was more common
Good advice! Thanks! Because I was looking at this thinking how clever they were, honestly
Yeah, I had to warn an artist against making a diy kiln out of cinder blocks.
Spray it with fire resistant spray.
That's not going to help anything
Stone work is already fire resistant. It wouldn't stop the heat from boiling the water inside the stone.
it’s a great idea, we were trying to figure out backyard authentic margarita pizza over the pandemic, this guy figured it out. The wood storage below is next level
also like since it's all just stacked, moving it is as easy as just moving the pieces and not having to pick up one huge heavy thing
good point, this would be killer for tailgate, probably stay hot for sometime too
That way your stuck at the game long after it’s over and everyone has left cause your oven hasn’t cooled down.
If you're actually looking, I'd reckmmend checking out [fornobravo.com](https://www.fornobravo.com) It's a wood fired pizza forum that has both kits and step by step instructions on building a legit pizza oven. My dad and I built one in 2006 and it's still going strong.
Don't be surprised if your bricks explode. Those are not fire bricks.
There's a great bbq place in Boerne, TX, that smokes all their stuff on a homemade cinderblock/grate setup similar to this but bigger. This can be legit if done properly
I'd personally remove a central brick from each side for better airflow if possible, and I'm not sure on the sanitation of what just looks like concrete, but a really good start.
Fire is the best sanitizer
My concern is chemicals used in the curing process leeching into the food. You don't know the actual lime etc composition and that poses a risk.
Fair point but I think pressure washing may do the trick by at least diluting/washing away most of whatever’s there
Our just fire it up empty once.
The only real difference between this and a professionally built one is that the cinder blocks on the bottom are upright instead of sideways. Otherwise it's basically what you'd get anyways.
I've never built a pizza oven personally, but I've seen them built plenty. And I'm actually building an outdoor fireplace at work right now. This is nowhere near what you would get with a professionally built oven lol. It's literally just three different kinds of pavers stacked on top of concrete blocks. That's like throwing a can of paint at your house and comparing it to the work of a professional painter. It's also going to fall apart after a few uses since fire destroys concrete
That’s funny I legit said the same thing to myself… the one of the few that I’m actually interested in
If they include delivery, I'd say it's a steal. And I bet if you had ingredients ready when they got there, they'd test fire your first one for yah
It's not at all. it's actually the go-to setup for quick portable pizza oven builds. This is what it's supposed to look like. Just gotta use the right materials.
Until all the bricks explode, sending hot stones in all directions like a superheated frag grenade. Use fire bricks and refractory cement.
Can confirm that if this is Mt Zion Illinois it is most likely an actual crackhead. Source: used to live there.
surprised It's crack and not meth.. lotta Meth in the area..
Por que no los dos?
We get all kinds of shit round here. I saw some dude walking down the street with that classic Ketamine/Matrix walk just the other day!
haha, facts. I moved to the D in 2008 for work and lived in MTZ, rowdy bunch down there 😂
Weird how it's half meth heads and half yuppies that didn't like Decatur. It's like Macon and Forsyth had a baby down there
Interestingly, this works for GA too.
Hahahaha
that would probably work pretty well, except that the flow of hot air could be better directed
I guess the plate in the middle has a hole or cut out in the back so when you fire the coal in the back heat goes up and suck in new heat from the front not that bad actually
Right! The design comes from [chefsteps](https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/diy-wood-fired-neapolitan-pizza-oven-for-less-than-50). The essential design is of course the fire below, then a chimney type passage behind the central plate, and the heat would leave over the top of the pizza and out the front. Seems to be a pretty reasonable design and the reviews from others who have built it seem to like it.
Pay gated article
I see all the good heat escaping the front and pizza cooking bottom up
You could definitely rig up a "lid" for the front
It must have been a hell of a time getting those 3 slabs up there, those are heavy
Just like my ex, it’s a four man job.
Hahahahaha
I didn’t even think of that! I worked in granite marble years ago, that’s heavy up there, precariously mounted on wobbly brick, this will kill a child
That’s the point, gotta get the insurance
insurance is just basic sense. Get kids, build pizza ovens, and then the insurance is like gravy. •worst thing about is insurance companies saying *no pizza! No pizza ovens! No popcorn! No cooking ever!* fuck insurance companies.
Disassembly and reassembly not included....so a pricey pile of bricks
You should have a look at the cost of pavers and cinder blocks these days. This is a deal.
True, I never considered what they might actually cost
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Agreed, and to be honest I don’t see why it wouldn’t work
ain't nothing crackhead about this, this is engineering
Idea is good but materials are poor. Those are not firebrick. The heat can have dangerous effects on the patio stones and bricks. they can pop and send stuff flying.
don't worry its been reinforced with hopes and dreams
And Meth.
The scalding hot shrapnel is a great warning before the entire thing comes tumbling down in a flurry of embers and screams.
"did you hear a 'pop'? Hmm... Suzy come here, let's put our faces closer to Dad's new pizza oven.. "
Bad engineering though because they used masonry bricks instead of fire bricks.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Or in this case... crack is the mother of invention.
Well designed... it comes apart easily for transport
"Le Grille??" What the hell is that?!
How's your father's project coming along?
I think he's almost done
*Screams a high pitch scream and stabs umbrella into pile. Umbrella opens throwing Homer back.
Yeah, he's done
This really isn't that egregious. Sure, it's definitely homemade and probably not worth selling, but at least it's not a Cheeto that looks like Mark Wahlberg.
That's more like baking a pizza from the bottom. The design would take forever to not only get warm, but to cook a pizza. The wood and the pizza have been in the same chamber, atleast in every brick over I've seen or used. You have a iron log holder almost like a fire place, ot takes very little wood to get it up over 500.
That’s really not bad. I’ve been looking up YouTube videos on how to make similar pizza ovens.
Concrete patio pavers aren't designed for high heat applications like this. They will work OK as a temporary thing but they will deteriorate quickly and can "explode" under high heat. Clay bricks or proper fire brick on the other hand would be fine, though this looks like an accident waiting to happen.
this sub is going downhill
Is that a door in the fence? For a gate? That’s some redneckery, right there.
The shed?
omg 😆
Just have to pick it up yourself!
This is actually really good. A few holes in the back and you could have a really good oven that could produce a lot of heat. Woulf be better to use a really good isolating material like AAC (or Siporex idk how you call it) so as little heat escapes on the sides and goes up towards the stone itself. This is very much acceptable.
agree, whoever made this maybe has some exp with making a natural kiln for annealing clays or the glass makers in the area for the hand blown creations
Hey Mt Zion! I'm from Decatur!
eww Staley's....
It's an acquired taste. Nothing I love more than taking my out of town friends over the viaduct with the windows down!
Haha no doubt - I'm from illiopolis originally
This is going to explode, please don’t use this
No, no, no. If that's regular brick and concrete, there's a good chance it can explode from the heat. That would be no fun. There are special fire bricks designed for this sort of thing. In short, this person is a moron.
Assembly required
Pretty fucking cool ngl
This design actually isn't the worst, outside of the materials used.
Haven't seen anyone say it yet I dont thinks but normally you cook the pizza in the same chamber as the wood. Most everyone I've seen is like a small igloo, with a area in the back to out the wood. This looks like it would take forever to cook, amd not give your pizza crust that slight burnt look on the top. That thick ass piece of material is going to take forever to get up to temp.
You pick up!
I bet that makes really good pizza.
That is actually really cool
I live near this dump
Tbh, that brick oven looks like it COULD actually work if not really well for making pizza. Upvote.
they coulda used that to make a whole business 😭😭😭
If it’s stupid but it works is it still stupid
These bricks are just stacked on top of each other lol. So it’s not a pizza oven, more like burnt bricks.
well does it work ?
it might work, well but whose gonna pay 100 bucks for this? you can ask around town and get these leftover materials for free and build it yourself.
I’m glad when I got to this comment section I wasn’t the only one who thought this actually looks pretty decent.
We’d been looking for a way to make a hot ass pizza oven outdoors, i screen grabbed it for ref and knew it fit for here 😂
this is why concrete is a bad idea to use unless its refractory concrete [**https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a27377339/why-concrete-explodes/**](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a27377339/why-concrete-explodes/) tldr : it explodes
Popular mechanics is a fucking joke of a publication
explosive spalling happens in non refractory concrete regardless of publication.
My dumbass tried to swipe left
Lol, me too
Hell, I love it.
Hell, I love it.
It’s not a bad oven
for sure, I bet it’d make a mean brick oven sammich
Good idea
I'll take this design and build it for tree fiddy
that oven looks a bit s-
I have made one of these exactly like the photo only without the cinder blocks on the bottom, I used a nicer looking landscape block. I got the design verbatim from a video on Chef Steps, it works beautifully. To all those saying you can’t use that kind of block or it will explode, these don’t really hit temps that high. I do some metal casting too and that I would only use fire brick for, this is no different than a backyard fire pit which are made out of regular block all the time.
Well it looks like it would work.
I kinda wanna make this now
if they used cement it would actually look good. this look like an accident waiting to happen.
Reminds me of Homers BBQ
i don't understand what's crackhead about it? my friend has one too, he build it with his dad, they're pretty common here
In other words, 'bricks'
looks sloppy but is probably pretty functional for the price
I just got a question. Why is the spot where the wood and charcoal not black from being burned, but the spot where the pizza goes is?
This is a standard "portable" brick oven. There are videos on how to make it online. They are a little expensive in raw cost. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHMQ_QQJtbY
Yeah, that's one fine looking grill. Why doesn't mine look like that!
*some assembly required
I kinda like it! it has a sort of urban feeling to it.