Comments on: More cob oven details and photos

By: joe blanco

joe blanco — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:28:24 +0000

Very informative articles ,i wish more people is like you guys that cares about our Mother Earth.Thank you so much.

By: PInaker

PInaker — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:12:41 +0000

After reading about your oven, I had to build my own, so my daughters and I celebrated Canada Day by building ourselves an oven. Waiting it to dry is the hardest part. Can not wait to light our first fire.

By: ziggy

ziggy — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:05:50 +0000

The smoke is usually fairly low, especially when the wind is favorable. If the wind is not favorable, however, there can be instances of swirling flames and smoke outs. There is no chimney.

When I build the next one, I will probably include a chimney.

By: Katzy

Katzy — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:07:05 +0000

How about smoke? does much smoke come out of it? does it have a chimney or vent?

By: kitchenguy

kitchenguy — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:13:30 +0000

I love the cob oven; I wonder if it would make a good addition to our catering equipment fleet.

By: nils

nils — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:19:21 +0000

Wow, that second picture looks like a dinosaur egg, and it’s hatching…!

But honestly, great oven! One day, I want to build one myself… but right now I don’t even have a garden or anywhere to put it. However, that will change soon, and then I can do that and have a compost heap and most importantly gooseberries…. (Living in a flat without a garden is slowly driving me insane.)

By: ziggy

ziggy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:04:35 +0000

Nope, there is no rack. The bread and pizza bake directly on the hearth bricks. You can leave some coals in the oven while pizza is cooking, but everything is swept out when the loaves of bread are baking. (You use what is called a rook [or an old hoe] to sweep out the coals, and then a scuffle [wet rags on a stick] to wipe the hearth clean.)

By: S. Odewahn

S. Odewahn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:11:00 +0000

Hi Ziggy. Great article(s). One thing is unclear to me regarding your oven. Is
there a rack placed inside the oven chamber? If not, where are the bread
loaves (or pizza) positioned relative to the fire? This is an inspiring project!

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:29:36 +0000

Thanks for the great photos and instruction! I’ve built three successful cob ovens and one abject failure. The one that failed was the result of too much water in the mix — my guess is that the same issue caused your cracks. Too much clay in the mix is another possible cause. Beautiful oven!

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