Built This Barrel Pizza Oven 2.0

Homemade Pizza Oven I built out of a 55 gal drum. More Pizza Vids: • Eric's DIY Pizza Ovens
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[@gardenfork]

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[@davidpanizzutti3043]

once the bars are in place hit the outside of the barrel just beneath the bars to crimp them into place

[@brunoenriquez4976]

cuantos ladrillos se utiliza gracias por la idea

[@mohsinebasou645]

♥✌❤🌹

[@cantstophim]

I’ll tell you right now this guy is really a nice man but he’s not the brightest bulb meaning he’s clumsy yes he’s intelligent he’s smart but he’s very clumsy. But he has a great soul he’s very sweet kind and his wife and their two little dogs seem to be a beautiful family but come on he dumped the cheese off the pizza !! that’s like somebody asking you the time and you have a glass of milk in your hand and you look at your wrist watch thus you pour your milk out on the floor , i mean give me a break. Preacher PaulD

[@vitalrights7390]

@GardenFork As you lay the bricks use mortar in between all gaps as if you are bricklaying with mortar on all joints do the rebar and use mortar there as well and let it dry for a day then roll the barrel after cement/mortar sets dry. There bricks will all be one piece and nothing will fall and last for long time

[@anthonyjurkiewicz292]

Warning!! Make sure you know what the drum previously contained. Several decades ago, when I started a new job at an aircraft facility. In northern California, a man built a 55-gallon drum into a grill. At the first barbecue, a few people died, and others were severely injured from the inhalation of the toxins that had absorbed into the metal container.

[@offmyrockerretreat]

I was so excited for you as you turned it and it worked. I love that you shared the process, even though it was messy. That is important as we learn and make. I love it!

[@JasonHarris-jx2ux]

Your pizza oven is great Eric. I love that it is so simple and weld free. If the barrel warps or burns through you can swap it out. Same goes for the bricks and rebar. You could even transport it upside down if you wanted to have pizza night at a mates place. Brilliant! I will be stealing your idea and making one in the new year!!!👍😁

[@jonnymo4728]

Totally concur ! Great work. Now get to work on your pizza game.

[@chrisr4939]

Love your pizza oven obsession. In fact when I built my oven several years back your video was what made me change my cook surface out to old red clay bricks and it was a game changer so thank you. I love that your constantly trying new things and that when you mess up you leave it in the video so that others can learn from your mistakes.

[@beingverna]

How was the red brick a game changer?

[@masoudsadeghi2701]

Good job 👌👍 perfect thanks

[@brentderksen]

The excitement is intoxicating! I'm happy for good pizza, life is for good pizza.

[@gardenfork]

Thanks! Eric.

[@vmr6771]

Like the idea. I would recommend an old trick I saw overseas to glue bricks in a fireplace. Mix clay with sugar, and water. The clay jams and stick to the brick and after it is dried and heated the sugar oozes out and completes the joint. It worked in my oven and never cracked. The exposed sugar gets burnt away. Try it!

[@uunz4435]

What happens if it rains?

[@mizikacibalik]

Any ratio?

[@KvltKommando]

@@uunz4435 it rolls off the outside of the barrel?

[@uunz4435]

@@KvltKommando Im more concerned about the potential rust from the rain over time, and then adding fire causing the fumes to get into pizza. Iron oxide can make people sick.

[@Chefmajed_]

چرا ملیگردها جوش ندادی راحتر بود دیگر نیاز به نفشی نداشت

[@gilbertzan]

Thumbs up from Brazil! Seriously considering having one of this in my backyard as well. Thanks for taking the time for sharing!

[@geridabooyens5910]

Hallo from South Africa! I was searching KZbin for videos on how to build an outside bread oven. Bread prices here in South Africa are through the roof. My husband and I bought a game farm in 2020 (we are both in our late fifties). We bought the farm to “get back to basics” and start being more sustainable. Your video was SUPER helpful and I am beyond excited to build this oven with my husband. Thank you! From the bottom of my heart - you have helped in making one of my goals a reality.

[@shibeshi2637]

The plan, the conversation and the oven , everything is great.

[@happytreefriends1fan]

I cried when you held the pizza vertically..as a man who has worked in many a pizza place including several woodfired spots, my zaasperience knew you lost all ur toppings..

[@gardenfork]

Ha! of course I did not realize that until I did... thx for the note! Eric.

[@SooperToober]

My sentiments precisely- new to your channel- you’re brilliant hilarious and a creative genius mate

[@tiscitatascit]

I thumbed up after that. Pure knucklehead move that I as well have done inadvertently.

[@Drisdelle09]

That was hard to watch.. logic - page not found

[@maeroakirifi8158]

Love it! So simple n achievable. Great job.

[@davidlesley1328]

Glad to see you kept on smiling, throughout the build, and you succeeded. Great stuff

[@micahwest5347]

I love it when you can solve a problem in your mind and have the resources to bring it to fruition.

[@windowswashbasin]

I love your interaction back and forth with your camera partner and with we, the audience. Great idea for a pizza oven

[@heyimamaker]

I love this! I made a pizza peel last year but used it in my regular oven. This would level up my pizza game for sure!

[@gardenfork]

Yeah! Eric. 😀

[@MaryWehmeier]

ERIC!!! That looks great! This is your best one yet! Love it!

[@gardenfork]

Yeah!

[@quyetpham6328]

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[@MichaelWilson-sn1yo]

Enjoyed watching the build on the new pizza oven and thanks for the idea! I think instead of rebar I might use all thread to stop any spreading wider in the middle as the barrel gets thinner

[@grantreese2507]

Do you have something against tack welding the metal to the drum? That would fix all your problems. And if you coat the brick with fire mortar, it would add more heat resistance and hold the brick still. Great ideas otherwise.

[@CosmicSeeker69]

I'd have drilled rebar sized holes and pushed it through. Then the bar could have been capped on the outside..trying to weld rebar to old tin may not work too well.

[@clintgossett1879]

He's provably just not familiar with welding and using the tools and skills he has on hand. Seamed to work out well as a prototype.

[@xmobile.]

"Fire mortar," this is new to me and exciting to hear about. If i would walk into a hardware store would the bag of mortar say "fire mortar," or what words would i look for to get some that handles high heat? I see his weathered bricks and think of my fire bricks it would be nice to coat them over with a nice smooth clean layer as well, but i alway see warnings about the possibility of material like concrete exploding from steam spots so have stayed away from that.

[@albertokamenar8354]

Hi Erik, thanks for sharing your video. Using a large concrete pipe, i built a similar piza oven 6 ft in diameter. The bigest chalenge was to roll the pipe 1/2 a turn, with the help of three man and a car jack. It woked well for 10 years and now i am renovating the front. Cheers from Australia, Alberto.

[@gardenfork]

Good to hear Alberto. Great idea using concrete 😀 Eric

[@AtiendoBolu2]

También pensé en los tubos esos 😅

[@johac7637]

Dual purpose, larger oven, useful for a bread oven, tip, order a BBQ Thermostat for a temp guide, I've sort of refined it, started with barrel too, now moved on to a 36" 1/2 wall pipe, welded door to it, welded a support to hold a cast iron griddle on top. And a roof structure of clay tile. It's a great outdoor canning, baking, whatever appliance now.

[@islafitch8729]

I envy the picture that made in my head!

[@SaeidRafiei]

man, you did not think about it for one second and try every idea that pop-up on your head while filming. that's Amazing. But I'm really satisfied with the result. thanks for sharing this.

[@borisseroshtan5893]

I love your positivity!!! Well done

[@raymondfournier4104]

Maybe make the rebar longer, go through the barrel walls and then use cotter pins at the end of each piece of rebar on each side. It would be very stable.

[@jonnymo4728]

Why? Lots of heat loss. Jmho

[@user-ul8ju4iy3f]

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[@user-zo7yo8ue8y]

yes it is ....

[@Rm-ks8gg]

I love your enthusiasm This is exactly what I needed Thank you!!

[@gardenfork]

You are so welcome!

[@rustyed1]

Awesome build,thanks for sharing

[@FlannelAcres]

This is really cool, Eric! Well done! The crust looks perfect. 😃

[@ragnarrlobrok244]

it's very far from perfection and cooking chemical paint on the outside of the barrel is a very bad idea...the fumes are extremely toxic. If you want use an oil barrel for that, strip the paint first, then use the bare metal barrel or create an outer insulated layer to cover with a thermic paint for ovens. The way he did can create serious problems if fumes are inhaled and even to food cooked inside, if released fumes are moved by wind inside the barrel.

[@FlannelAcres]

@@ragnarrlobrok244 okay, but perfect crust is subjective.

[@Clintimtired]

I'm so happy for your new pizza oven success and for me because I'm going to make the same exact same Pizza Oven you did great idea. :)

[@gardenfork]

Yeah! Eric.

[@anitaellison8664]

Sooo glad you made this video! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@user-oq2rb2zg1e]

Eric!!! Anyone can throw money at a project and succeed, but you my friend are the king of innovation! I love the fact that you are not afraid to try something! Thanks for your video!

[@jamiesmith1343]

This the best oven idea I've seen yet! Thank you for sharing! I wonder if a pizza stone with an eye hook might be easier to pull it out with. You could make a hook so you wouldn't have to worry about getting burned.

[@armyreconm60]

Every time I watch this video I find a man who never stops until he has perfection ..again well done and greeting from Australia 🇦🇺

[@jetmaop]

Tu perseverancia 😊 congratulaciones!!

[@thecreativetake]

That's a pretty creative build method!

[@nicholasherman3275]

I've had a drum sitting in my garden for almost two years drum rebars and bricks pizzas bread and bbq here I come thanks dude

[@TehCecil]

Great vid Eric! Cant wait to try this out.

[@gardenfork]

Hey Cecil, this one works pretty good. already have some ideas for 3.0 - Eric.

[@robertabergel5038]

The fire chamber in the bottom prevent the heat to rise, leaving your Pizza top undercooked. The general idea is a refreshing departure from everything out there, yet you didn't yet master the full context of what makes a truly great Pizza. Heat retention within the cooking chamber is the ONLY factor and that's the reason every wood burning oven has the combustion chamber on the baking stone. 25 years ago I designed a similar oven that actuality functions with the burning chamber below. It was finished in less than 6 hours using 72 fire bricks 2.5" thick and 12 fire bricks 1.25". It was convertible 3way oven: a Pizza oven , a grill and a rotisserie able to accommodate 2 turkeys, 5 chickens, a whole pig or a whole lamb...

[@mitchallcowell5166]

Couldn't you just leave a gap at the back and have the fire there so the heat can reach the top of the pizza? Would be really interested in seeing the plans for your design

[@texas2far]

You sir are awesome and determined. I absolutely loved this video even with the so called "flaws". Bravo

[@davidjones838]

E excellent production. Fabulous work !

[@Tipico28]

Lo mejor del video fue ver la alegría en el rostro cuando vio que su idea funcionaba. Gracias por compartir, lo voy a intentar

[@orrgazmo]

Your dogs either think you’re a genius or a crazy man 😂 love the content, great work.

[@gardenfork]

I appreciate that

[@eltacsyms5607]

Very cool, like watching your fun loving, down to earth style. Would recommend you put a single large, flat surface on top of the bricks, so you can put the pizza on the flatter, smoother surface.

[@YaH_Gives_Wisdom]

The bricks make the dough crusty. Putting something would negate this desired effect.

[@SJREGuide]

That was fun to watch… I learned a lot and most was not about making a pizza oven and more about being yourself and sharing what one doesn’t and does know and showing our human side.

[@courtneyheron1561]

Absolutely love your video! You are what is right with America! We need more people like you! Keep up the great work! 🙏👍❤️😊

[@toddshook1765]

I am going to look up your other videos for pizza ovens and cooking. I love outdoor cooking. I love your approach and attitude toward a project. Your like Edison and Tesla; find the ways don’t work quite right to find the way that’s works great.

[@mr1pearl]

I think we have the same mad mind 😆 I was practically screaming use washers ha ha ! The bracket was a great idea !!! I'm waiting for my slice 🍽 please 🙏

[@gardenfork]

when I manage to not dump the cheese on the slider thing, i'll make you one. thx!

[@jslevenson101]

More of an art object of beauty than practical. ❤️

[@majnoun-jeddaan]

Brilliant!! I was thinking about how to fit bricks into a bathtub built oven what can hold the bricks. He gave a very simple and effective method to do it.

[@tybo09]

I love this. It's like someone collided Adam Savage and AvE together at high speed and told the result to make a pizza oven. Great stuff.

[@gardenfork]

Yeah! Eric.

[@tomberry6829]

This is really good idea! Best good/work factor i ever seen. Congratulations

[@jimysk8er]

you can put a bunch of smaller tricks of hardwood to get a quick rolling fire right before you cook your pizza. If you see flames on the top creeping towards you, you know your airflow is good and it will roast the cheese like you mentioned. An exhaust port/chimney a little inset from the opening in the front can help in general with flow but mostly prevent burning yourself. Seems well enough though, just need to weld and mortar and add some legs and it would be pro.

[@LordYisusCraist]

awesome idea! also, you can add chimneys for keeping the fire burning higher (1 air intake, 1 air out) and also making the barrel shorter, just a couple of inches larger than the pizza platform so you get fire on the back of it but not that deep. Regards from ARG PD: your wife was happy about it, she never told you "stop playing around!" or smn like that, how did you do that??

[@beck5787]

You totally did it! Great video and well done!

[@gardenfork]

Yeah! Thx! Eric.

[@joaoaugusto4567]

Nice work, man! Thanks for the video! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@pervaizsial2907]

Love to watch you wonderful hard work. Thx!

[@jfox11000]

Love this video ! Best KZbin alive to date ! Showing everything going wrong is intoxicating! And real

[@hellohumans175]

this is amazing

[@DonnaMSchmid]

Erik, you would appreciate the new T-Shirt I just bought for myself... It says: "I'm pretty confident that my final words will be: 'Well, shit, that wasn't supposed to happen!' " 😂🤣😂

[@gardenfork]

Exactly! Thx Donna. Eric.

[@maloudaulong5738]

I like the way you used your mind just to have a unique oven made of drum. I know it's a nice idea to bake pizza and cake using your unique oven. The taste will be yummy

[@andrewbratos6907]

great job and great video, im gonna make one about half barrel length, and a Smoke stack in back

[@wireworks616]

Welding and mortar would have helped out a lot. This video reminded me of the 3 stooges trying to build a pizza oven.

[@bleedfreedom6528]

Absolutely awesome 👌

[@wojomojo]

Can this be done with a 30 Gal drum? I suppose too narrow for a large size pizza....

[@lelandhawk6392]

I like this design, it gives me some ideas.

[@deanwilliams534]

I wish we were neighbors. Well done sir. Thanks for sharing your idea.

[@SavageDraco]

I built a set up with something similar to this build included 8n it. Was wondering if you considered some mortar for brick. I also love building things experimenting and learning . Thank you for the video

[@JulianTrejoAntunez]

This is the first time I saw your videos, I think you're so clever and funny guy. You have a new subscriber from Mexico

[@moisesduarte8758]

Thats great thanks for share ,igual watching from Guatemala god bless you

[@Storman77]

To cook the top that’s the job of the flame. The preheat of the bricks cools the bottom. May I suggest couple small pieces of wood before you put in the pizza . Great job. Welder would have been handy to tack the rebar but you came up with a good fix . Enjoy love the video.

[@angelamasinirian949]

Me encantó. Ud. es de los míos. Filma con todos los intentos hasta que encuentra la forma de resolverlo y que funcione. FELICITACIONES. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@brocktherock9299]

Man, you and i would make greay neighbors and friends. Im glad i found your chanel.

[@corneliushoward4343]

Great idea, think I'm gonna try this

[@sergiopatrignani1330]

Te felicito me encanto !! Desde Entre rios Argentina ya voy hacer uno igual!!!!

[@halasterthethrice-fried3610]

That is awesome. Doing this 100% thank you for sharing.

[@gardenfork]

Yeah! Eric.

[@mayorc]

Cool job! You should poll the temperatures (max) of the bricks and the time span it drops by 50°C with no flame (or minimal flame on the end of the barrel). Then think of a better insulation, and a way lo limit the dispersion of the bottom flame cause it seems you need a very big fire and still it doesn't perform very well.

[@nestorespinoza9374]

Excelente, buena idea. Ahí lo voy hacer. Felicitaciones y saludos

[@haifaawwad7056]

Good job 👏

[@sh4lo]

Nice idea man, thanks a lot

[@bbqaddict2293]

Refreshing and so real. Ill be subscribing.

[@timothystone4998]

Thank You God Bless You and Your Family

[@catherinemurphy8909]

Love ❤️ it. Also enjoy how you film it going wrong and carry on till it goes right. Love ❤️ your videos and have subscribed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😍

[@ladytinter-AlleyKat]

OMG! Really enjoyed watching you! It was fun and real not fullashit. Mistakes errors always happen and you do expose yourself to critics ... for me ... that's very endearing. Thinking outside of bullshit overpriced materials and using your brain to come up with solutions is rare in these type of videos. Thanks so much to both of you for the fun and experiment that actually can be done❣️

[@florianwolf9380]

It would be easy to use clay or fire cement to glue the bricks into their places. One could also create a smoother surface with less gaps for the dome of the oven. And by spot-welding the rebar in place the entire construction would become “earth quake-proof”… Doesn’t cost the earth, but would improve the stability significantly. Waddaya think ?

[@cnabraga]

I don't even spect it to work, but I just loved your video. You may not get your project done, but keep on making this videos.

[@744ricardo7]

Hola muy lindo su proyecto!!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires argentina ❤❤❤

[@CatskillsGrrl]

I bought that drill set thanks to you and I LOVE it.

[@gardenfork]

Good to hear Gail! Eric.

[@barbaraalcala6429]

We total enjoyed watching your video and are going to try building one for ourselves 👍 (we're going to try lining the bottom of the barrel with bricks too, to retain the heat longer, but mainly to protect the bottom from high heat damage). Thanks for sharing your Great Idea for a homemade pizza oven❣❣❣

[@sortahomeless9268]

man that ending is soo wholesome

[@wanderly9950]

Pretty freakin' neat there, Eric!

[@gardenfork]

yeah, this one was fun. already thinking about 3.0

[@10speedr]

Nice job! You have inspired me to make a pizza oven. As always, thanks for the great content.

[@gardenfork]

😀

[@roysandi7126]

Cool dude, it's great to experiment

[@kwaslizergowy5061]

Nigdy nie widziałem większego partacza :):):)

[@jerryallen7372]

When rolling the oven I found that by adding 15 bricks as a counter balance really helped .

[@katesclau]

What a lovey video, congratz mate o/

[@BASE-hb1ji]

Awesome build idea. Id say the only addition id implement would be a door (as most commercial / domestic pizza ovens have) which will keep the heat in and a more even cook - Great effort tough.

[@gardenfork]

Cool idea!

[@tedschmitt178]

Nice job!

[@AndreQuirion]

You could try making a ring for your weber grill out of this barrel and use it as a pizza oven. They make commercial product similar to what I'm describing called Pizza-que or Kettle pizza. There's also this guy on etsy that sell 3 in 1 rotisseries ring/pizza oven ring for weber grill. This (the etsy ring) is what I run in my "Wood fired pizza" video on my channel.

[@YOTBTUBE]

You did It, a pizza oven! great! and It works.! Really good.

[@papascruffy]

Pretty cool idea

[@gardenfork]

Thx! Going to make a new one with steel Plate for floor of the oven.

[@neenoonoo2564]

I would make cement mold with soft sands and pure it in between the bricks 🧱 to hold it good , or mud the next day finish the rest of it . 👍🏼