The hopefully not obnoxious wood fired brick oven build thread

I didn't say that. You did. And as usual you were wrong.

You are

Cape Brewing said:

So.... basically what you are saying is that the only way this whole deal could be more of an epic fail is if it HAD actually exploded as several of us predicted.

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epic

Where did you pick up your trash talking skills? Walmart?

Epic snail... So sad.

What's "Sad" is that that snail can build a better pizza oven than you can and get it done in under a year.

So? I'm not racing anyone.

Other than Father Time...

My bets on Father Time winning.

*bet's

WTH did I just walk into here?
<slowly turns and leaves>

Is that a pizza oven, or an amateur crematory ?

The dead hookers are under the shed, not in the oven.

PKU

Has that shed fallen over yet? Wasn't looking too good as of last fall....

The ******* is strong in here

Pass the popcorn. This is worth the price of admission. LOL

Amateurs.

Well you are Obe Whattan Assho!e. We're all amateurs compared to you.

That was still funny when I woke up this morning.

Well, you're also still drunk.

And ugly as all fkcu

Dean Wormer was wrong. Fat, drunk and stupid is actually not a bad life.

paulthenurse said:

Fat, drunk and stupid is actually not a bad life.

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Only you would know.

God... I can't imagine how many pizzas have been cooked in this bad boy so far this year. I bet you can count em' on zero fingers.

I SO love it when you talk **** and have no idea what an idiot you are. At least Rick knows he's an idiot and doesn't embarrass himself too much.

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Is it even done yet? Or this build bleeding into year five?

So, regarding the "hopefully not annoying" part of this thread. How's that working out for you so far?

Cape certainly IS annoying, isn't he?

As far as the oven, it has the side walls up and the inside voids filled with insulation. There is a layer of Nomex cloth (the stuff that they use for firefighters gear and race car drivers suits) laud over the dome then a perlite/vermiculite blend was added to act as insulation. I cooked in it in Sunday and it was about 900*F inside and I put a thermometer on the peak of the roof and it was just about 100*F. I'm very happy with how well the insulation is working. I've started screwing the metal lath on the sides for the stucco.

Only thing owing me down is paying for it. We're going to the Galápagos Islands and I needed to finish paying for that first. But that's pretty much paid so I'll be rolling soon.

Cape Brewing said:

God... I can't imagine how many pizzas have been cooked in this bad boy so far this year. I bet you can count em' on zero fingers.

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Jason Pierre-Paul says "Yes, yes you can."

Credit where credit's due, though. It hasn't collapsed into the koi pond. Yet.

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This is a pic of the Nomex with the insulation just getting started.
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This one shows the last of the small sized insulation just poured out of the bags. After I spread it around I was able to pour another 6 cu ft bag of larger size perlite on top. The perlite is a volcanic rock that gets heated in a blast furnace and the water trapped within expands. It's basically rock popcorn, full of air. A six cu ft bag of this 'rock' weights about 10 pounds.

You are using dead hookers and lime for insulation? Very creative

So Paulie, I meant to ask; why the Perlite instead of mineral wool? Neither's got a terrific R value, but mineral wool's a little better. Neither burns. But mineral wool seems like it would be a metric ****ton easier to work, certainly easier than bags of basically loose sand. Seems like it's be a lot easier to keep mineral wool to stay in place, especially on the top, than the Perlite.

Never even thought of using mineral wool but Perlite is better. At least I think it is. Dunno. I'm a nurse damn it not a professional oven builder. You hire a nurse to build your piazza oven and you get a nurse built piazza oven.

So you're saying I was right and this bad Larry is still not done. I'm correct right?

So you didn't even build it yourself? You hired a nurse to build it?

paulthenurse said:

Never even thought of using mineral wool but Perlite is better. At least I think it is. Dunno. I'm a nurse damn it not a professional oven builder. You hire a nurse to build your piazza oven and you get a nurse built piazza oven.

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... did you, like, do ANY research before throwing this together? Like, maybe a Google search for "best fireproof insulation"?

Uhhhh. Bird..... He owns a boat. I think he is morrrrrre than qualified to take on a project of this nature. A five year build out is pretty much standard. Randomly, made up approaches? Allllll part of the PTN mystique.

Speaking about long drawn out projects with no return on investment, have you stared drawing a paycheck from your 'pro' brewery yet? You know, the one you started in 2011?

Yeah... We just keep reinvesting them. Wanna compare pictures of completed projects related to the brewery vs the pizza oven?

... and for the record, the brewery didn't open until until 1/1/13. The LLC was formed in Dec 2011 so "2011" is a bit misleading

I know all that. I'm just following you and Roger Goodell's lead and ignoring what I know to be true in order to make a pain in the ass of myself.