Fire In The Hole!

Its not the nicest picture, but this is the first fire lit in the pizza oven! Dec 7 goes down as the date of the first fire. We're not yet at pizza stage but we are getting there.


All the elements are coming together. I got a delivery of wood last week, so it's stored under the oven, waiting for the big day.


The following pictures are from the second firing, which I just did today Dec 9.

Loading up the oven (just kindling wood and paper this time).


Rafael getting ready to light it up!











Flame ON!

These are still pretty small fires to slowly break in the oven. I need to run a series of seven firings, before it can handle pizza temperature. Each firing I target a temperature higher than the previous one, until we get to 900 degrees F. The first fire went up to 200, the second one up to 300, and so on. At this rate we'll be ready to really cook by Sunday.

Also you'll notice that the finish on the oven is still quite rough. I need to smooth the finish and work on the stucco look; and maybe paint it too. But all of that is cosmetic touches.

Its been five months since I started this project in July and now this oven is ready to bake!