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Good evening everyone. I have been tossing around the thought of a true wood fired oven, in my back yard kitchen kingdom. We, as a family, love to have pizza making parties. And all y'all makin' them homemade pies...that's the last straw! 
I being BBQ enthusiast, figure what the hey I'm half way there 
Roasting veggies meat pizza pies and last and most definitely not least... I being a Breadneck™, thought this is the perfect solution, to my other love. Bread Ok so I have been following these dudes and their designs.
http://www.traditionaloven.com/pizza...wood_oven.html
http://www.ozarkdreams.com/index.htm
I am not a brick mason, but I am now
Where there is a will there is a way. So I am 20 hours into the making now. I started Saturday the 13th of February '10. I am shooting for a May finish. Birthday pizza party for the little girl's birthday. I will move along as the extra funds come available and time permits. I hope you all enjoy the build as much as i will.
Here we are with the location picked in our out door kitchen. The blocks are the blocks we used to roast the pig on New Years. 8x8x16 blocks
layout chalked onto the 4" thick concrete patio.
holes drilled and rebar epoxied into the concrete, for reinforcement.
Block laying in the process
Block laying completed. I used a commercial grade mortar. This mortar can reach 3500 psi if applied correctly and cured correctly.
this is the backside view of the oven base. the large square area will be the oven base area.
directly under the oven base area, there is a large open area. This will be used to store woods among other things.
The lay out, rebar and block laying completed on 2/13/10
Sunday 2/14/10 Race day! Time to break out the cement mixer and grout the block cells.
90° rebar tie ins added for the counter top.
plywood decking to start the forming stage, for the counter top.
Carpentry 101
counter sides formed, ledgers formed and supported. 10" ledger along the entire back side. 6" ledger on the immediate front of the oven base. The rest of the ledgers are 4.5". The ledger is the counter top over hang.
This going to be every bit of a6" step that will tie into the existing counter top. The oven hearth tops out at 33 square feet.
Well...you know I had to slip this in there...lol My wife and oldest son tending to some spares and dinos I had on the reverse flow. Yeehaw! Life is good today!
The backside again with the 10" overhang formed.T.V in the background with the race on!! Forming completed 2/14/10
Crushed fire brick covering the decking before concrete is poured. Shooting for an refractory/insulating result in the hearth. Tuesday 2/16/10
#4 rebar or 1/2" rebar tied in place and connecting to the existing counter top. 6x6x10x10 wire mesh mat tied to the top of the rebar. Completed forming
5000 lb. ready mix bag concrete.
Color added to the mixing water, in the concrete mixer. This color is deceiving. It looks red, but once the 4- 60 lb. bags I added to the mixer at a time it becomes a tan or buff color. It is a concrete color powder I used.
bit more of fire brick,crushed, added to the mix.
Using a large concrete vibrator to agitate the concrete around the steel reinforcement and into the corners of the form work.
Striking off the concrete in a sawing fashion, as to keep the surface flat as possible. Working towards the step in the counters.
Pour completed
Additional liquid color added to the surface of the counter. A mix of red and brown 30/70 Used the rod to strike it off multiple more times working the color into the surface and insuring a flat surface.
Color likeness to the existing counters achieved. Hell yeh I love it when a plan comes together!
Concrete in the final hardening stage.
Once the concrete cannot provide any more cream or butter as we call it in the finishing/troweling stages, I spray kerosene on the surface and it provides just enough cream for a slick finish. Pour finished 2/16/10
The glazed look in these last three photos are from the kerosene finish. They remain to this day and will not affect anything else. The counters still remain formed in the curing process. Watering everyday to get a good slow cure.
thank you for looking at my oven build in progress.
I being BBQ enthusiast, figure what the hey I'm half way there Roasting veggies meat pizza pies and last and most definitely not least... I being a Breadneck™, thought this is the perfect solution, to my other love. Bread Ok so I have been following these dudes and their designs.http://www.traditionaloven.com/pizza...wood_oven.html
http://www.ozarkdreams.com/index.htm
I am not a brick mason, but I am now
Where there is a will there is a way. So I am 20 hours into the making now. I started Saturday the 13th of February '10. I am shooting for a May finish. Birthday pizza party for the little girl's birthday. I will move along as the extra funds come available and time permits. I hope you all enjoy the build as much as i will. Here we are with the location picked in our out door kitchen. The blocks are the blocks we used to roast the pig on New Years. 8x8x16 blocks layout chalked onto the 4" thick concrete patio. holes drilled and rebar epoxied into the concrete, for reinforcement. Block laying in the process Block laying completed. I used a commercial grade mortar. This mortar can reach 3500 psi if applied correctly and cured correctly. this is the backside view of the oven base. the large square area will be the oven base area. directly under the oven base area, there is a large open area. This will be used to store woods among other things.The lay out, rebar and block laying completed on 2/13/10 Sunday 2/14/10 Race day! Time to break out the cement mixer and grout the block cells. 90° rebar tie ins added for the counter top. plywood decking to start the forming stage, for the counter top. Carpentry 101 counter sides formed, ledgers formed and supported. 10" ledger along the entire back side. 6" ledger on the immediate front of the oven base. The rest of the ledgers are 4.5". The ledger is the counter top over hang. This going to be every bit of a6" step that will tie into the existing counter top. The oven hearth tops out at 33 square feet. Well...you know I had to slip this in there...lol My wife and oldest son tending to some spares and dinos I had on the reverse flow. Yeehaw! Life is good today! The backside again with the 10" overhang formed.T.V in the background with the race on!! Forming completed 2/14/10 Crushed fire brick covering the decking before concrete is poured. Shooting for an refractory/insulating result in the hearth. Tuesday 2/16/10 #4 rebar or 1/2" rebar tied in place and connecting to the existing counter top. 6x6x10x10 wire mesh mat tied to the top of the rebar. Completed forming 5000 lb. ready mix bag concrete. Color added to the mixing water, in the concrete mixer. This color is deceiving. It looks red, but once the 4- 60 lb. bags I added to the mixer at a time it becomes a tan or buff color. It is a concrete color powder I used. bit more of fire brick,crushed, added to the mix. Using a large concrete vibrator to agitate the concrete around the steel reinforcement and into the corners of the form work. Striking off the concrete in a sawing fashion, as to keep the surface flat as possible. Working towards the step in the counters. Pour completed Additional liquid color added to the surface of the counter. A mix of red and brown 30/70 Used the rod to strike it off multiple more times working the color into the surface and insuring a flat surface. Color likeness to the existing counters achieved. Hell yeh I love it when a plan comes together! Concrete in the final hardening stage. Once the concrete cannot provide any more cream or butter as we call it in the finishing/troweling stages, I spray kerosene on the surface and it provides just enough cream for a slick finish. Pour finished 2/16/10 The glazed look in these last three photos are from the kerosene finish. They remain to this day and will not affect anything else. The counters still remain formed in the curing process. Watering everyday to get a good slow cure.thank you for looking at my oven build in progress.
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for being the Fearless I can build it guy I wish I was 
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