thinking of making a wood fired oven...

[artyb]

in the name of recycling...and being a tight **** ...

im thinking of using an old electric oven case,which is toughly enameled,as a wood fired smoker and oven,with a couple of racks inside for meat

it will be just the case,and possibly the door with a steel plate over the glass...all tbc..

i will place a slab or fire bricks in the base,
and a chimney in one corner at the back,
there will be some foil backed insulation around the case,
some ovens can run at 500 deg when on a 2 hr cleaning cycle .. :hmm:

so what sort of temps am i looking for ..?

will it all melt down,

im thinking of a small wood fire ...


i cant see anything similar on the web so im wondering if its a waste of time.... :nah:
although i can see me being a trail blazer on this :party:

 

[artyb]

probably not much more different to one of these... which seem to have no insulation ... :wha:

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/52184/Outdoor-Wood-Fired-Oven

 

[graysalchemy]

Thats the thing most wood fired ovens rely on the thermal mass and insulation of the oven in order to cook for long periods with out a fire actually in it. Domestic ovens in fact are very inefficient because of this, no mass and no insulation. :thumb:

 

[musher]

How can Lakeland justify charging nearly £800 for that if it's just a tin box?

 

[graysalchemy]

if you read it it is lined with refractory bricks and is insulated, but obviously wouldn't keep the heat as a proper brick oven would. :thumb:

 

[musher]

£824 with insulated walls, nice glass door and can be used as a smoker:

http://www.bbqbarbecues.co.uk/fornetto- ... 347-150594

 

[musher]

if you read it it is lined with refractory bricks and is insulated, but obviously wouldn't keep the heat as a proper brick oven would. :thumb:

Looking at the photo and the video it appears to me that the bricks are only on the bottom - nothing on the sides.

 

[artyb]

i have an old oven,
and will be spending next to nowt...

i might call it the Barnsley budget burner ... :whistle:

 

[artyb]

im thinking that as a smoker /grill it wont need a lot of stored heat.... :wha:

 

[graysalchemy]

A smoker would definately work. :thumb: