{"id":1372,"date":"2010-06-24T23:49:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T06:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:04:30","slug":"diy-temporary-wood-fired-pizza-oven-build-tips-notes-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2010\/06\/diy-temporary-wood-fired-pizza-oven-build-tips-notes-and-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"The DIY Temporary Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Build: Tips, Notes and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1366\" title=\"TN Oven Complete Front\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front-108x145.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front-285x380.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As noted in my <a href=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2009\/10\/how-to-build-a-temporary-wood-fired-brick-pizza-oven-with-cheap-easy-to-find-materials\/pizzaoven038\/\" target=\"_self\">temporary pizza oven writeup<\/a> (and reiterated in my &#8220;Pizza Obsessives&#8221; interview by Slice &#8211; check it out!), making an effective pizza oven can be as simple as stacking blocks. Use a <a href=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2010\/06\/template-for-the-temporary-pizza-oven-arch-jig-how-to-determine-the-radius-of-an-arch-and-removing-the-jig\/\">quickly made jig<\/a> to build an easy brick arch roof, and screw a couple pieces of angle iron around it to hold everything together. That&#8217;s it \u2013 pizza time, all the time.<\/p>\n<p>The ease of the design was demonstrated recently by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midgewink.com\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Niccum<\/a>, who used my writeup to reconstruct his own oven. Total time from construction to eating pizza? 10 hours \u2013 and that includes transporting a pallet of cinderblock into the back yard one by one.<\/p>\n<p>Niccum was kind enough to send detailed notes and photos of his build. They&#8217;ll help you put one together, too. Maybe this weekend \u2013 it is summer, after all.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I decided to build the stand out of concrete block, and add a layer of insulation (IsoBoard 2&#8243; good to 2300 degrees).<\/p>\n<p>My long term goal is to build the Forno Bravo Pompeii oven, but I felt that the oven you showed would be a good learning experience. All of the brick and block should be repurposable for the Pompeii.<\/p>\n<p>I did this today, by myself&#8230; most of the work was hauling the bricks from the front of the house down a hill, around to the back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Day 1:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1371\" title=\"TN Oven Foundation\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Foundation-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Foundation-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Foundation-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Foundation-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Foundation.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1369\" title=\"TN Oven Base Building\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Base-Building-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Base-Building-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Base-Building-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Base-Building-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Base-Building.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1370\" title=\"TN Oven Inside Pre-arch\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Inside-Pre-arch-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Inside-Pre-arch-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Inside-Pre-arch-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Inside-Pre-arch-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Inside-Pre-arch.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 2:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1378\" title=\"TN Oven Jig Ready\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Jig-Ready-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Jig-Ready-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Jig-Ready-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Jig-Ready-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Jig-Ready.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1377\" title=\"TN Oven Arch First Row\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-First-Row-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-First-Row-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-First-Row-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-First-Row-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-First-Row.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1376\" title=\"TN Oven Arch Built front\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-Built-front-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-Built-front-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-Built-front-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-Built-front-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Arch-Built-front.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1375\" title=\"TN Oven Built no mud\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Built-no-mud-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Built-no-mud-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Built-no-mud-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Built-no-mud-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Built-no-mud.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1366\" title=\"TN Oven Complete Front\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front-108x145.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Front-285x380.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1365\" title=\"TN Oven Complete Top\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Top.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Top.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Top-108x145.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Complete-Top-285x380.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1374\" title=\"TN Oven firing up\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-firing-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-firing-up.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-firing-up-108x145.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-firing-up-285x380.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1367\" title=\"TN Oven Interior Cooking\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Interior-Cooking-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Interior-Cooking-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Interior-Cooking-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Interior-Cooking-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/TN-Oven-Interior-Cooking.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Finished up in time for lunch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Pizzas were great &#8211; I think I need to get the oven hotter &#8211; they were taking 4-5 minutes to cook fully. but they still tasted fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>Start time to finish &#8211; roughly 10 hours. Five hours Friday night &#8211; much of that was hauling the concrete blocks and fire bricks from the front of the house to the back. I did all of that myself. Also got base assembled and hearth laid.<\/p>\n<p>9-2 (5 hours) on Saturday had 2 friends assist. Built side walls, drilled angle-iron, built curved roof jig, built roof and applied the mud. Fired oven for one hour to heat\/cure.<\/p>\n<p>Pizza in belly by 2:10pm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Some construction notes:<\/p>\n<p>Materials:<br \/>\n1. I used 190 Firebricks (one sacrificed to make &#8220;shards&#8221; for roof shimming. (about $1.80\/ea)<br \/>\n2. Used 1 50# bag of refractory clay and 1 bag of sand.<br \/>\n3. 60 concrete blocks ($1 each)<br \/>\n4. 5 48&#8243; angle iron<br \/>\n5. 4 48&#8243; threaded rod<br \/>\n6. 4&#215;4 durock<br \/>\n7. 4&#215;4 IsoBoard (expensive! $12\/sf)<br \/>\n8. 8.5&#215;8.5x 24&#8243; Clay flue liner<\/p>\n<p>Tools that came in handy:<br \/>\n1. Angle grinder with cutoff blade (threaded rods, angle iron)<br \/>\n2. Circular saw with diamond blade (Durock, Jig legs)<br \/>\n3. Skill saw (jigsaw) &#8211; Jig form<\/p>\n<p>Notes:<br \/>\n1. I did add another set of bricks on each side of the door to make the opening smaller, it seemed too large to me (that took six bricks)<br \/>\n2. Oven was still pretty warm 4 hours after fired died out. I&#8217;ll try to take some temps with my infrared thermometer of heat decay<br \/>\n3. Clay\/Sand &#8211; we did a 1:1 mix. It seems very grainy and brittle &#8211; lots of cracks. May try another batch with less sand and put over the current one.<br \/>\n4. Clay flue liner cracked within a few minutes, seems to be holding together, but maybe we need to heat more slowly the first time<\/p>\n<p>Base construction<br \/>\n1. Base is 5 courses of standard concrete block (48&#215;48&#8243;) with a line of block down the middle of the interior<br \/>\n2. on top of base is Durock cement board<br \/>\n3. on top of Durock is a 2&#8243; layer of IsoBoard &#8211; a refractory insulation &#8211; should help keep the floor hot longer<br \/>\n4. Floor of oven is on Iso Board<\/p>\n<p>Future experiments:<br \/>\n1. Wrap exterior in ceramic fiber insulation blanket while running&#8230; try to get heat up.<br \/>\n2. Build a door<br \/>\n3. Fire to heat then record temp decay with as is, and with blanket, and with door. Want to test feasibility of pre-heat then baking bread or roasting chicken with out fire burning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>UPDATE:<br \/>\nI got an email and a photo from Tom telling me about his attempt to cook a whole chicken in the oven. From the description and the looks of the photo, I think he got it right on the first try:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2010\/06\/diy-temporary-wood-fired-pizza-oven-build-tips-notes-and-photos\/fire-roasted-chicken-and-veggies-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1436\" title=\"fire roasted chicken and veggies\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fire-roasted-chicken-and-veggies1-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fire-roasted-chicken-and-veggies1-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fire-roasted-chicken-and-veggies1-145x108.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fire-roasted-chicken-and-veggies1-285x213.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fire-roasted-chicken-and-veggies1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tried roasting today&#8230; have to keep a small fire going as the temporary oven doesn&#8217;t hold enough heat. Otherwise, fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>Did two chickens. One in a roasting pan, one &#8220;Beer Can&#8221; style. Plus a dish of potato, carrot and zucchini.<\/p>\n<p>Best chicken I&#8217;ve ever cooked.<\/p>\n<p>Took about 90 minutes to roast, stayed nice and moist, outside was deeply browned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As noted in my temporary pizza oven writeup (and reiterated in my &#8220;Pizza Obsessives&#8221; interview by Slice &#8211; check it out!), making an effective pizza oven can be as simple as stacking blocks. 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