Roasty
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Outdoor Wood Burning Oven
Anybody had any luck building a brick or clay outdoor woodburning oven in Baja?
I'm really into building one (36" dia x 24" high ??) the next time I am at our casa and would like to hear about any success/horror stories.
Obvious uses are breads/pizzas etc. but i really like the idea of cooking fresh caught fish etc.
Is Firebrick available in baja, or would adobe clay be the best way?
Cheers,
Roasty !
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Iflyfish
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I recall in the 70's eating fresh corn tortillas cooked on a metal plate in an oven made of rock and sand! It was run by a family on the beach of
Conception Bay...what a wonderful memory.
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Iflyfish
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Check this out. I found a model of what the oven looked like and you can find here some plans for one.
http://www.caneloproject.com/dawn/dawn%20pages/workshops/bre...
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Mexitron
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This was a smoker we built with locally available materials, but we could use it for baking too...but to basic a model for the high temps required for
a bread oven.
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Reeljob
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Try this website. I'm in the process of using Rado's plans and bulding my own in CO
http://www.traditionaloven.com/
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BajaNuts
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here's a link for an oven I saw in Sunset magazine several years ago. It's still on their website, so it must be pretty popular. Haven't done it
myself, but it looks like a good idea that can be modified to accomodate locally available products. If it works, are we invited over for dinner ??????
http://www.sunset.com/sunset/garden/article/0,20633,690891,0...
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BajaNuts
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aw..MMMAAAANNNNN! I just tried to click on the link from the forum and it didn't work SOOOO>>>>>>
go to Sunset Magazine
search for "adobe oven"
You'll see the link to the detailed article. It also has a couple other outdoor kitchen ideas....as if ideas for an noutdoor kitchen in Baja are in
short supply.
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BajaNuts
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pssssst...are we still invited for dinner???? yukyukyuk
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Roasty
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Thanks everybody for the replies, it looks like the "Sunset" oven is almost "Idiot Proof" so that would probably work for me ! And once I get this
thing fired up and producing the mouth watering offerings that I know it can/will do, of course theres an Invite ! Now I have to find me some good
adobe soil !
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