Building My Clay Oven
June 2020 A couple of years ago I went a pizza oven building course. Not because I actually had any intention of building one, but because I thought it would be a fun day out - at the time, I lived in a flat so there was no opportunity to build one anyway. Then I moved to a house with a garden, albeit it very small, and I begun to think about whether I should )and could!) build one. When lockdown happened, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. Due to lack of space and funds, I decided to build it at ground level. I also had no idea how much clay to order - 125kg sounded a lot, potentially too much even! Actually I could have probably done with double. My brother was the guinea pig and the first one was almost inedible - we had to finish it off in the kitchen oven and ended up just eating the topping... I've definitely learnt a lot since that first pizza. From how to heat the oven (instant light BBQ bags are my new best friend), how to stop...