PrintKansas City Backyard Pizza Oven
A good friend of mine, Andy G., who lives in Kansas City and who I've known since college days, emailed me last Friday: "I'm going to my friend Dan's place for pizza tomorrow. He built his own backyard oven."
So earlier this week, Andy emails me a link to some photos of Dan's oven, along with this info:
It was amazing. Some of the best pizza I have ever had. He used a good dough recipe and made a great sauce from scratch. But the oven:
He used EIGHT different types of brick.
It took him over SEVEN months to build.
I was surprised by how fast the pizzas cooked. About three minutes per pie. Of course, they were all small. He made about twenty by my estimates. Each was different.
He used the plans from some restaurant in Australia.
It is unbelievable.
I'll see if I can contact Dan and get some more details on his amazing-looking oven. It's really beautiful.
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3 Comments:
Wow. That's an incredible oven...see if you can find out how much it cost to build, my family's working on a house at the moment and this could be a brilliant addition to it!
Smylie at 11:02AM on 09/13/07
Check out www.fornobravo.com for build-your-own plans or pre-built ovens. I had one of their ovens installed in my backyard in Fort Worth TX and I love it. I wish I was handy enough to build my own!
You can see pictures via my blog at http://mypizzaoven.blogspot.com
Some pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mgraban/PizzaAug18
mgraban at 3:43PM on 09/17/07
That oven is seriously impressive!
If you're in the mood for pizza - check out this new joint, Westwood Pizza. It's just east of Oklahoma Joe's on 47th. The pizza is better than Minsky's or D'Bronx! A diamond in the rough.
PizzaLover2007 at 10:43PM on 10/28/07