[Sca-cooks] Groovy Camp oven
Susan Fox
selene at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 1 14:26:57 PDT 2008
>I highly recommend getting refractory brick for the firebox, don't
>use common red brick. The refractory is more expensive but will last
>a LOT longer. You would be replacing the common brick in just a few
>years if you fired the oven regularly. Common brick is fine for
>everything else, the outside facing and any other part of the oven.
I knew that actually. What I need to learn is the geometry of building a stable structure out of said refractory bricks with an interior cavity for baking.
>
>I also highly recommend this book if you are serious about this:
>
>The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens by Daniel Wing
>and Alan Scott
>ISBN: 978-1890132057
>http://www.amazon.com/Bread-Builders-Hearth-Loaves-Masonry/dp/1890132055/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214944001&sr=8-1
>
OK, just ordered it. Thanks for the tip!
Selene
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