The hopefully not obnoxious wood fired brick oven build thread

[homebeerbrewer]

I'm amazed that he's been able to keep this thread from becoming obnoxious

Yet...

 

[paulthenurse]

Obnoxiousness is a frequently under appreciated skill set. Take my BFF Cape for example. Most people think he is an obnoxious ass. And they're correct. But he has perfected his art form over the years so the he is not JUST an obnoxious ass, he is THE obnoxious ass.

I, for one, applaud his efforts and salute the professionalism and dedication to craft that epitomize his obnoxiousness every single day of his life.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I'm amazed that he's been able to keep this thread from becoming obnoxious

He has?

 

[Cape Brewing]

I still have $20 that says the either thing crumbles into a heap before the first pizza is cooked or the first pizza cooked ends up giving anyone who eats it Ebola.


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[paulthenurse]

Hey buddy, since you've been such an incredibly supportive friend during this project I'd like to invite you over for the inaugural pizza. No one else, just you. Leave Courtney and the kids at home. The first pizza is all yours. I won't even try a slice myself. I'll be sure to get all of your favorite toppings.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Pass. Don't like Ebola


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[paulthenurse]

That's ok. I really don't have any Ebola to sprinkle on your pizza anyways. I was thinking more that I would invite a bunch of people that I really like over at five and tell you to show up at 6. We would all hide over at the neighbors house till you got mad and drove away. Then we would go back to my house and we would make pizza and laugh and laugh and laugh. So go ahead, don't come. Ruin everyone's fun . D-bag

 

[Cape Brewing]

Yeah... You went with that whole joke already a bunch of posts ago.

"And we're all gonna eat our pizza in front of you blah blah blah".

This whole project smacks of the brew rig you built and debuted in all it's sieve-like epicness at the Pig Jerkyfest a few years ago. "And here we go! Let me just turn on the water..." Looked like the old cartoon character who gets shot by a shotgun and then drinks water. Nine people within an eight foot radius could have simply held out an empty pint glass and filled them with water in under. 20 seconds.

Seriously... I swear I will send a crisp $10 bill to anyone who can dig up that classic pic of me pointing and laughing. Oh man. Good times. Good times.


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[Cape Brewing]

(Dupe post)

 

[paulthenurse]

Seriously... I swear I will send a crisp $10 bill to anyone who can dig up that classic pic of me pointing and laughing. Oh man. Good times. Good times.

You should be careful what you ask for, sometimes people go looking and you never know what they are going to find.

These appear to be you 'putting your own spin' on drinking beer from a glass...



Jeezuz, you're carrying a knife? Yeager needs to childproof the house....



And this next one is my favorite...

"I told SWMBO that I was going to Home Depot to get an Air Conditioner. It's February!!!! She won't suspect a thing!!!! When I get home in a few more hours I'll tell her that they were all out but said they are expecting a new shipment in any minute and I decided to wait around..."

(muffled voice from Capes pocket... "Hey Moron, you butt dialed me four hours ago. My girlfriends and I have been listening to you arseholes since two o'clock this afternoon...")

"Hey guys, I gotta get going home..."



Yup, you're right. I LOVE looking at pics of brew days gone by. Good times, good times.

 

[Melana]

Always be careful with PTN... he knows where the bodies are buried.

 

[paulthenurse]

They're not ALL dead hookers. The preponderance? Sure. But not all.

 

[Melana]

I thought that you pickled your dead hookers?

 

[paulthenurse]

No. I sprinkle 1099 on them. That sh!t can ferment anything.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Fcukin Shandy... Whatta dcik


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[paulthenurse]

"Ha ha ha! I really pulled a fast one on you , Sweetie Poopsie Pie! Why it sounds like you honestly think I accidentally dialed you when I put my phone in my pocket. Oh Sugar Plum, I sure fooled you! So you've been listening since we talked the last time?

So you probably heard PTN tell a mother in law joke imitating my voice and pretending to be me...

I don't know why he did that, and I DEFINATLY didn't think it was funny.

And you probably heard PTN pretending to be me again and saying he never has sex anymore?

Sure Schmookums, I'll tell him. I'll be right home... Right. One stop first.

Bye bye, Sweetty Cakes...."

Uhhhh Paul, Mrs Cape says you need new friends.

I'm going now. I gotta go buy an air conditioner."

 

[paulthenurse]

Slowly but surely...
Lots of bricks need to be cut. As I get higher I'm cutting them in thirds.



Inner arch is done, working on building up for the flue/chimney.

 

[paulthenurse]

The second arch is mortared to the inner arch and the vertical soldier course will get cut at an angle before being mortared in place in order to create the upper opening of the flue.

 

[nhwrecker]

Wow. That is a sheetload of work. Is there going to be a chimney, or is it a solid dome, and does the smoke come out the front hole?

I imagine that the dome makes much more efficient heat, but I'd never have the patience to build something like that - maybe a square oven, but f all those cuts!

I could see me starting something like that, and getting half way through, before loosing all interest. Years later, I'd be pointing at the pizza mausoleum memorial in the back yard....

 

[paulthenurse]

It is a solid dome, picture an igloo, with a chimney directly in front of that doorway arch . I am transitioning that opening from 22" x 9" to an 8 x 8 clay flue. Sort of winging the front of the opening as I go. I have it in the back of my head that it's going to look like an old school Irish cottage when complete, with thick white stucco walls. A thatched roof is probably not the most prudent of ideas so I'll probably go with slate.

 

[paulthenurse]

Got another row on today and worked on the flue opening. A mason might shudder at my work but I'm ok with how it's coming.

Looking in from the outside...



Looking down the flue. I need to put one last course with an arch then the 8 x 8 flue sits in the opening.

 

[paulthenurse]

I started to do the flue support as arches but realized that I didn't have enough bricks to cut for arches but I had an excess of straight regular bricks. Decision made.

 

[Brickman]

Wow. That is a sheetload of work. Is there going to be a chimney, or is it a solid dome, and does the smoke come out the front hole?

I imagine that the dome makes much more efficient heat, but I'd never have the patience to build something like that - maybe a square oven, but f all those cuts!

I could see me starting something like that, and getting half way through, before loosing all interest. Years later, I'd be pointing at the pizza mausoleum memorial in the back yard....

Paul is doing an excellent job for a first time oven. However for most I recommend a kit from Superior Clay in Ohio. They are not cheap but once you factor in the time and the materials they can be well worth it. Many tell me brewing is too much work and just buy my beer but one man's hobby is another man's drudgery. I grew up in the brick industry so I know how much work he is putting in on this.

Superior Clay Masonry Oven

Mark

 

[paulthenurse]

Paul is doing an excellent job... I grew up in the brick industry so I know how much work he is putting in on this.


Mark

Do you want to be BFF's?

 

[Brickman]

Do you want to be BFF's?

Sure. Just don't cook me any pizza. Not sure I want to eat all of the brick chips that will forever fill your food.

 

[Evets]

Ouch!

 

[paulthenurse]

I think your account had been hacked by a "professional brewer" from the Boston suburbs.

 

[Melana]

Paul is doing an excellent job for a first time oven. However for most I recommend a kit from Superior Clay in Ohio. They are not cheap but once you factor in the time and the materials they can be well worth it. Many tell me brewing is too much work and just buy my beer but one man's hobby is another man's drudgery. I grew up in the brick industry so I know how much work he is putting in on this.

Superior Clay Masonry Oven

Mark

Now i want one.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Sure. Just don't cook me any pizza. Not sure I want to eat all of the brick chips that will forever fill your food.

Classic.

Not only is this sucker gonna give people Ebola, it's gonna chip their teeth while it does it.

Beautiful

 

[HoppyDaze]

You should be careful what you ask for, sometimes people go looking and you never know what they are going to find.



These appear to be you 'putting your own spin' on drinking beer from a glass...







Jeezuz, you're carrying a knife? Yeager needs to childproof the house....







And this next one is my favorite...



"I told SWMBO that I was going to Home Depot to get an Air Conditioner. It's February!!!! She won't suspect a thing!!!! When I get home in a few more hours I'll tell her that they were all out but said they are expecting a new shipment in any minute and I decided to wait around..."



(muffled voice from Capes pocket... "Hey Moron, you butt dialed me four hours ago. My girlfriends and I have been listening to you arseholes since two o'clock this afternoon...")



"Hey guys, I gotta get going home..."







Yup, you're right. I LOVE looking at pics of brew days gone by. Good times, good times.

Oh my Fvcking god, Cape wears a beret.