The BEST Cheap DIY Pizza Oven

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[@antoniuscaliber7402]

Feels like an old school TKOR video. Keep growing Nate!

[@DeviantAngel]

it's his comfort level, and the experience presented now, but it's all nate, which is great. Nate from the internet everyone XP

[@kiloton1920]

I knew this guy looked familiar

[@iamstickfigure]

I was just thinking the same thing. It majorly reminds me of Grant's old videos on TKOR. It's as if he was reincarnated. I know that doesn't make sense on multiple levels, but I have an imagination I guess. Lol

[@lizardkeeper100]

you can also add a pizza stone or steel to the top of the cooking surface to remove any fears of lead and also reduce the fears of the paver crumbling.

[@spencers4121]

At those temps the lead would vaporize.

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

@@spencers4121 lead vaporizes at 760 degrees ferenheit, pizza ovens are usually around 600 which is just under the melting point!

[@spencers4121]

@@GoldenBoy-et6of You can clearly see, it was hitting 730 when he probes it.

[@Leo-dal]

@@spencers4121 730 is not 760

[@dystropia6908]

@@Leo-dal water boils at 100c and yet still evaporates in warm weather. Sure it will vaporize slower at 730 but there will still be fumes.

[@censusgary]

You can get a hotter fire (with the same amount of fuel) if you put the burning wood up on a grate, or anything that lets some air in under the fire. This creates a stronger draft through the whole burning chamber and out the chimney, which is what we want.

[@dsampey222]

I've been cooking in one of these for years. Generally I haven't had an issue with needing to cook from the side, but I will consider it. The design of the oven naturally draws in air on the bottom and the flame/heat moves to the rear to go up the gap to the top chamber. If you can't weld, just build yourself a base out of inexpensive cinder block to the height you like and put a paver on top as your oven base. this allows you to place the oven on whatever surface you like, preferably a concrete patio of some sort. Cinder blocks in the center will support your base pave stone if you get heat cracks. My oven is on the ground for now. I have 2 pieces of 1 1/2" angle iron about 3 ft long turned down with the angle facing up that I use as rails for a piece of expanded metal that I build my fire outside the oven on and then slide to the rear once it is burning well. I always cook pizza on parchment paper. Lightly coat with olive oil and easily spread your dough out to form the crust. Parchment paper makes it super easy to get your pizza peel under, and you don't have to worry about contaminates from the stepping stone. Put a little flour on the pizza peel to help things slide. I have found getting my cooking stone to about 450f gets me perfect leoparding(brown spots on the bottom). I've gotten it to 600f before, but the bottom of the crust burns before the toppings are cooked crispy or the cheese begins to brown. Rotate pizza around a couple of times during the cooking and monitor closely so you don't burn. The slot that the flame/heat is coming up produces a lot of heat. I rotate on my pizza peel gently grabbing the corner of the parchment paper and put it back in. The more you use your oven the more you will develop skills and senses for the process. Be careful, your friends and family will love coming over for wood fired pizza. I just make them bring beer.

[@WikterRor2807]

I think you could go no less with the temperature, but go higher. The reason why pizza oven have temperatures above 700°F is that nothing has time to burning before other things have time to Cook. And its literally a 90sec job for one pizza. Some good ideas, especially the sliding fire, especially if it was on a grate for more airflow, and ash falling down for later cleanup, gotta try incorporaring that to mine. Im doing meetups with my famili and friends where a single person if there aren't many of us, or pairs/teens each do their own pizza with ingridiends i prepare for them, and then I put the all for about 1.5, 2 minutes, and we have a game who made the better pizza, based on look, and taste if there are enough slices so everyone can take everyones pizza

[@ciphercraft6176]

you're the closest person we have to grant and it makes me really happy to see you on your own channel

[@colingee6687]

You can also turn the top bricks on it’s edge to increase the area available for larger pizzas.

[@jairusofall]

I’ve wanted to do this for a long time, but didn’t know a good way that didn’t cost a lot or take forever, this is awesome!

[@TheRealElectrofox]

Okay so, Common Sense dictates there's two pavers, how many bricks 5256? Give me a tear down

[@phillip73able]

@@TheRealElectrofox Common Sense dictates that you pause the video and count the bricks. 7.5 bricks per layer, 6 layers of bricks + 2 smaller bricks to get the bottom level. Now, common sense also dictates that if your pavers for the floor and roof are different to the ones used in the video, you will need a different number of bricks.

[@essaboselin5252]

Personally, I wouldn't use paver stones as the base. It might not have lead, but that doesn't mean it's food safe. I'd place something like a pizza stone on top of it and cook on that. Secondly, just use fire bricks. They cost a little more than regular bricks, but they're designed to handle direct exposure to flames. They won't fall apart, so the build would last long.

[@Loiczzr]

I used regular bricks for my pizza/bread oven Works great. First time you fire it up just go slow to build up the heat. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rabZg4qLZs2ssNU

[@tompoynton]

Even better a pizza steel

[@your-mom-irl]

Even firebricks can break from fast temperature swings

[@johnmarino6444]

I used you ideas , I found 24x24 papers. I used 3 high cinter blocks that i had available. Free I put sand in the holes of the block for insulation. But had to add block in the middle to raise the fire . My oven sits above 30 " high and sits on a 4x4 concrete pad I had Free again. My fire is in the back of the oven My oven temp has reached 780 to 830. It's hard to keep the temp for long periods of time.

[@SaltyMikan]

@@tompoynton No, pizza steel and open flame will just result in a burned pizza

[@user-pw9wl7ks5h]

Your genius is exactly what I needed for a pending diy pizza outdoor oven. I was inspired and encouraged. Your creativity and thoughtful analysis was point on. And yes, the pizza looked perfect! Thank you!

[@vmr6771]

Several years ago, I got several hundred bricks for free from an old building that was demolished. The owner was happy I took them and built a mean oven that was great for pizza parties. One trick that I learnt from a chimney guy was to use mud and molasses or brown sugar for the mortar mixture. As the heat, burns the sugar it foam to create a glue. Worked great! We moved to another state and I still miss my oven. :( I might give this a try since they are selling reclaimed old bricks now in my area.

[@bryansiepert9222]

Those are some clever improvements! You actually blew my mind a little bit because I've been planning an insulated oven with the same layout as the original and hadn't considered the practical bit of not wanting to always need to reach over the fire box. Brilliant!

[@vecrisv]

Nate's been lately doing quite a lot of cooking related projects and I love it haha, it's like the perfect mix between a home cook and a scientist.

[@yankeeshrapnel]

Welp, I'm making my man one of these for his birthday next week. I can't weld, but I have an older rusted out fire pit I can cobble up for a base. Getting it off the ground was my issue and you gave me a solution. This is the shizzle! 🎉 Thank you!

[@billbraski2452]

This is the best build that I have seen for this pizza oven. I don't weld so I am going to just stack up some cinder blocks to raise it higher. Going to build it next week when we get back from vacation!

[@noneyabidness9644]

That is an amazing way of making a dirt cheap, but effective diy pizza oven. I've never even considered doing this. Excellent video, Nate.

[@AimForTheBushes908]

💯 I'm going to home depot tomorrow!

[@noneyabidness9644]

@@AimForTheBushes908 I'd make a few alterations to have a more even heat. Like more space around the sides. Enjoy the video.

[@dzibanart8521]

how did it go?

[@AimForTheBushes908]

@@dzibanart8521 I never went or did it hahahah. Started a new job and stuck in training for several months so going to wait till after.

[@kirkwilson5900]

​@minameise but what's the new job? And 3 months later have you built one yet? 😅

[@davedave3631]

I like how you give credit where credit is deserved. You’ve earned my subscription.

[@sethwaggoner6497]

Finally I see a truly "cheap DIY" pizza oven! Your title was not misleading as a lot of them are. I will definitely build one like this!

[@justinbanks2380]

Great idea/project! An idea I had when you were talking about not putting on concrete directly but building a gravel or sand place to put it, what if you just put down another paver? Then it would all be removable/portable and you wouldn't have to have a gravel or sand place to put it. Also, if you wanted to use on concrete, the paver would absorb and block some of the heat from damaging the concrete. And it would help with leveling the other layer. Get the bottom paver level, and everything else above already will be.

[@Michaelhendersonnovelist1]

I live in Italy near Naples, and I'm impressed with the final product. By the way, Italians make pizza with what Americans call pepperoni, but they call it "Diavolo," because they use spicy salami. ("Peperoni" in Italian means "peppers," so if you ask for a pepperoni pizza in Italy, you're going to get one with peppers on it. I have a pizza oven attachment for my Weber, which works with a little massaging. The hardest part is getting the thing to 700F. One little pointer is that pizza makers in Italy don't use corn meal, they use a flour called Semola (or Semolina) rimacinata. You can probably find it in any grocery store. It doesn't stick as much to the dough, so less comes off in the oven. And you don't need to use much, just a sprinkle. Shake the pizza back and forth on the peel to make sure it's loose. You may want to use a pizza stone, because I'm not sure pavers are food grade. Anyway, nice job. Your pizza looked perfect.

[@kloapan]

Hi sir I'm from India, please suggest me can I granite stone slab for cooking pizza in this method of pizza cooking

[@Michaelhendersonnovelist1]

@@kloapan I don't know, but I suppose if the slab can tolerate 1000 degrees Fahrenheit without cracking, it might work. Note, however, that we don't use granite as a pizza stone, so I don't know what the result would be. If you try it, use a stone you don't care if it breaks. I suggest buying a real pizza stone or pizza steel.

[@chris27wood]

Awesome video. A tip I use when cooking pizza is to brush olive oil before you do sauce to help so the pizza is not soggy under the crust.

[@BlueDragon1504]

If your pizza is soggy, you used too much sauce

[@AimForTheBushes908]

I'm a little confused by this comment. Where exactly do you brush the oil? Under the pizza where it would become the bottom or the place where you are laying the sauce directly on top of?

[@pvanukoff]

@@AimForTheBushes908 You brush the top of the dough with olive oil before putting sauce on it.

[@saracinosalvage6062]

I did something similar but I built the base out of 6x8 wood blocks at 28" off the ground. I also used 2" thick x 4" x 9" fire brick for the cooking surface supported by metal "L" channel with a 24" paver as the base. The 24" paver on the top cracked severely after a few fires but it hasn't fallen and I'll prolly use some fire proof adhesive to to secure it. I'll off set the direction next. That's a great idea! thank you for this video, it was very helpful. Keep up the good work!

[@TceWatches]

I'm italian and I have to say your pizza looks beautiful!!!

[@thecrazy8888]

The side loaded design with the bricks completely destroys the air path. The other side of the oven won't be as hot, and you will lose a lot of smoke that goes directly to exhaust. With proper airflow, you don't have to worry about the fire underneath.

[@laurenceprantner8618]

I did the same mod for my outdoor masonry grill, but added a 30psi regulator and 5 inch burner to the back inside of the unit; 900 deg in 12 minutes; a medium pizza is done in 90 seconds on a round pizza stone. Great video, thanks, I feel validated now!

[@rhondafountain648]

Great sharing of the inexpensive brick pizza oven. I use a Cuisinart propane pizza oven. The pizza came out great-liked the build on the frame the best (no kneeling on ground to cook). The side fire & opposite for the entrance makes sense.

[@AmazingRando303]

The addition of the supporting steel is genius. I think Grady of Practical Engineering has a video about it as well, but essentially in many area of engineering, creating a visible partial failure before a full catastrophic failure allows for a "slow failure" which allows you to repair during downtime rather than having a fast failure during a key moment (and dropping your pizza into the flames as your hungry guests watch on). Great video!

[@AimForTheBushes908]

I laughed thinking of so-called guest looking on in horror as I smile back embarrassingly while picking up the phone to dial out for delivery.

[@palipali4264]

Both hunger and shape in one hypothesized moment

[@tophlaw4274]

fantastic tips Nate... it's great to see something so simple that's pretty accessible to a lot of folks. I'd love it if you could build a version 2 with a little more money spent as an intermediate vs the bottom end 'cheap' version you've shown here. > perhaps using 24x24 unglazed ceramic tiles as the oven's base which I believe would be a lot more heat-tolerant than your pavers.

[@AimForTheBushes908]

Great idea. I hope he does this too.

[@ruthejimenez]

The beauty is in the build and the getting a good alternative for the less money. You could get an artisan to build you one if you want a costlier version. Love Nate's just as he built it.

[@franklarosa6617]

What a great job, perfectly explained, just cheap enough for anyone to do thank you for your time Peter looks great

[@jwalker4946]

Nice work Nate! I like this one. I like the king of random style format of showing how to make it, how it works and using it.

[@XspeedXracerX]

Thank you, Nate! Very nice! I am a pizza lover and so definitely am going to give this project a shot!

[@JeRKII]

Awesome use of an old bunk bed. Really like this idea.... Great video.

[@lakimastaa19]

U just changed my life , was gonna build one more complicated , I will just modify your idea , thank you so much for tip with crack and check the chemicals

[@BuyitFixit]

Great Video Nate! Very informative and some great ideas for a cheap pizza oven!

[@TheKitchenNinja]

Great looking DIY project! Gonna try this one myself. Tip from a former pizzaiolo, though: Don't try to 'launch' your pizza into the oven. Instead, get the pizza positioned in the oven where you want it, still on the peel, then quickly pull the peel back from underneath the pizza. It'll take a few tries to get it right, but once you get the hand of it, you won't have any more issues with pizzas hitting the side of the oven.

[@FisherCatProductions]

What he said.

[@AlanMolstad]

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[@rosebrown1554]

OMG, EXCELLENT!!!! and Cheap, Cheap. I’ve watched tons of videos. Your is the best yet. It looks easy and I will try tomorrow. Thank You. Store bought you don’t know what’s in it. I can make my own even using cauliflower dough, just became pre-Diabetic. The less cars the better.

[@mondob2867]

Excellent video, loved the simplicity of the project. I always thought a pizza oven was a way to complicated project to attempt, but this is something even a klutz like me could attempt with a fairly high probable outcome of success! Of course the welding is way out of my league but I am sure there are other ways to support the pavers and raise it up high enough to use it with ease. Thanks very much for making this video!

[@CarJul666]

Now I too want to build this in my backyard. Thanks for the inspiration. 🍕

[@commercialbreak8290]

Make extra dough and when you’re done with the pizzas use the residual heat of the oven to bake your own bread. Leave a few bricks to warm up on the top of the oven while you’re cooking the pizzas and use it to close the entrance of the oven to bake you bread.

[@scrscr3246]

Excellent built, excellent cook. I love the modifications.

[@davemcadams7697]

Beautiful brick oven and it's not permanent and looks like a good pizza

[@pokeynewsome2804]

Dude, I've watched a lot of pizza shows on KZbin l, YOURS IS THE BEST I've SEEN!

[@truckermike8534]

Nice! Simple and ingenius.

[@dj-kq4fz]

Awesome special effects in this one Nate!

[@notold37]

Thats a freaking wicked pizza oven Nate, and your pizza looks perfectly cooked 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘Cheers from Melbourne Australia

[@chriswesterkamp1213]

I saved this video to my watch later based on the thumbnail and my 5yo loves watching food videos. When it started and I saw Nate I thought great how did I find a TKOR video and nearly turned it off. My son convinced me to keep watching and I realized this content is what I missed about TKOR, building to learn and experimenting in a more mature way. I am definitely subscribing and I hope we get more of the same.

[@felixfujishiro2304]

With your raised oven, since you're building a fire directly on a paver stone base, you might consider replacing it with fire bricks. In fact, since the entire first level and the cooking surface are exposed to the highest temperatures, you might use fire bricks for them as well

[@TiltmanMusic]

Have you seen the price of fire bricks? I think the point of this video is to make a cheap and easy DIY oven.

[@omarious]

@@TiltmanMusic 2000F rated firebricks are 4 dollars a piece, but are 4-1/2 in. x 9 in. x 1-1/4 and he only needed 48 of the smaller ones so with this he’d use half of them so less than 100 bucks when you only need 24.

[@TiltmanMusic]

@@omarious The comment was referring to the paver base that the fire was on, and the base that the pizza is on that is under the fire. There is no reason to use firebricks for the side walls. Normal clay building bricks are fine, and cheaper. How are the fire bricks going to work as a base? You need a big slab as a base.

[@jeandrevanzyl2588]

@@TiltmanMusic I've made a oven similar to this. I cook my pizza on a "base" of firebricks. Six in total. The rest of the oven is made from clay bricks. The firebricks rest on 4 rebars, stretching across the width of the oven. I cut slots in the clay bricks for the rebar (about 1 inch wide) and as deep as the rebar. That way the rebar is flush with the bricks and I could stack more bricks to make the "roof" without leaving a vent. For the roof I did the same thing with the rebar, but used clay bricks. I'm actually considering replacing the roof with firebricks too, for that extra but of heat reflection.

[@ev6910]

Post pics please!

[@bestkitchenreviews6346]

Nate, this was great..(right after I typed this, I realized the rhyme...lol...). Seriously, though...I'm an old guy now, 56, but I can still spin a pie (was a pizza-maker in my teens). I completely appreciate this episode about the pizza oven. I've never thought about doing an oven this way. You got my wheels turning....I may have to try this. Thank you! p.s. I liked, and subscribed.

[@dhruvadamle7627]

I love your videos so much. You are the only person that I know of, who is making old school content, I just love this so much. Don't upgrade your cameras or hier any people to do on-camera stuff

[@tenj00]

Very wholesome build and video. Nothing wrong with making a great pizza for cheap.

[@charleswise5570]

Nate, excellent job at making the pizza oven, and the pizza! I would love to see you build an offset smoker from a 55 gallon drum for beef brisket or ribs.

[@franciscoochoa3666]

I'm glad you are still making video. you are awesome

[@coondogtheman]

That's a good looking pizza you got there Nate. Love how the pepperoni curls into cupperoni.

[@user-id9vx6kg2c]

You’re amazing Thanks a lot for your guidance

[@rickmetz769]

What a great idea, i have been watching many videos on ovens and I think this one has just become my first! thanks for the video, and I can't wait to get to the store and my my bricks,,,

[@jasonc6250]

I found you on Guga's Channel and I am so looking forward to building this. I was surprised that it cooked the right side since the heat from the exhaust is on the left and can escape right out the front left. Glad I found you.

[@electroevolution5777]

he is also on another channel called the King of Random

[@maxi-me]

I need to watch this about 50 more times so I can find some minor imperfection to make a federal case about and then offer my stellar expertise (despite that I have _never_ attempted this) 😂

[@JadenAllen]

Im so glad you continued on youtube

[@dinosilone7613]

Great video - lot’s of really useful ideas! Just one quibble: What we call “pepperoni” here in the USA is called “salame piccante”. It’s a very popular pizza topping in Italy. So no Italians will be offended by your pizza. They’ll just laugh at the name a little.

[@AimForTheBushes908]

That's amorre 🤌

[@b.giovanni4824]

The sauce and cheese though... use a can of good tomatoes and get a mozzarella ball, it will taste 1000x better! Don't waste a nice oven with jar sauce!

[@nwellinghoff]

Nice video. Some mods I did. I use clay brick which can tolerate more heat and for the bottom layer use brick that has holes in it such that the fire gets more airflow from the bottom. I also used old granite counter tops I found to make the main slabs. Thinner and can tolerate massive heat. I am concerned your metal base will accelerate the cracking of your slabs as it will quickly concentrate heat in one area, thus accelerate the cracking. You want evenly distributed heat to avoid cracking.

[@pallic703]

Thank you Nate! This is an amazing video. Reminds me of early tkor videos. You remind me a lot of Grant, so thank you

[@stephenhoran579]

This went well. Built it and made three pizzas in 30 minutes. Love it.

[@AimForTheBushes908]

Nice! Fuck delivery and digorno.

[@Nikos_prinio]

Great ! How long does take to get the oven at temp ?

[@classic_dude]

You're a good man. This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@joec8915]

What a great video! I am inspired. I have most of the items needed in my yard already.

[@willcool713]

A lot of gas, commercial pizza ovens have two long ceramic plates above the heat, which split the surface laterally. The seam never bothers the pizza. So you could use two long pavers, if you can find them easier.

[@cbuffalino]

Kudos on your dough handling skills. I’ve watched at least a hundred pizza making videos on KZbin and they often fall short on handling even when they’re trying to be instructive.

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

Great video and DIY Nate, thank you for the idea and how to!

[@joyceobeys6818]

My pizza tastes fine in the inside oven. But this is cool to know that we can have a bake oven outdoors if the oven goes out. Lots of people have pavers n brick to put something together. Thanks for this video. And the ideas! 😊

[@marcocormagi5028]

As an italian guy. I approve that oven and how that pizza came out. Nice job mate. Gonna follow you.

[@underourrock]

Might be interesting to make an aerocrete base to insulate against the heat. You get lots of bonus points for going easy on the sauce. Great looking pizza!

[@FisherCatProductions]

He actually has pizza building down to a science. Perfect stretch on the dough also.

[@MrChris20912]

I do like this design, especially the side loading idea and the framing. Somewhat more expensive than using the middle paver stone, use a Steel rather than a stone at all. This way you get the benefit of the fire below as well as the heat circulating above.

[@NFTI]

At these temps, a steel would be too much, and would burn the pizza! A steel is good for a home oven that only gets to 500-550, but at the 700-750 of this oven, it would conduct heat too quickly.

[@Lorenzo69]

You are a genius my friend 👍

[@terrafirma9328]

Nice result another improvement. Instead of 1 gap at the back on the inside have 2 or 3 since you have the metal support frame you can get more heat from 3 sides of the pizza from the fire. 👍👍👍💡

[@macrumpton]

You could even make it adjustable by covering the gaps selectively.

[@user-um9sl1kj6u]

Nate, I love your channel! Everything is just logical!

[@senmetwo42]

Saw you on Guga recently. I hope the food was great. Also I love this video because I adore your content. Keep up the good work!

[@andrewjarvis7777]

About to close on my first house....I have plans to make a large cooking/patio area with a pizza oven as the center piece. that pizza looked incredible!

[@joelongstaff7601]

I like your build Thanks. I made my own but instead of turning the top oven I added the doors from an old wood stove, from the dump. Then a made a door for the cook chamber. I also curved the brick stacks to dome the top with a couple extra rows of brick.

[@brian70Cuda]

Out of the blue odd comment Nate, I saw you today on Guga, watched you for a few years(the time you worked there) on TKOR. Happy to see you again:)

[@douglasshowler4168]

used your original design and it worked perfectly, will try the improvements next week. Many thanks.

[@lewismassie]

It's cool the see the soot marks as the video goes on as they demonstrate Nate is actually using it

[@Hawk1966]

Oh man, I haven't eaten in over 36 hours, some kinda gut bug has me flat on my back. Thought Nate was comparing ovens not making the food of the gods! Man I'm so hungry now. That looked like awesome pizza. Maybe cook it a few seconds longer. The pepperoni had curled up but hadn't completely dried and crisped yet. Beautiful job, Nate!

[@matthenard]

Your best video yet Nate, nice job!

[@Kiever_Sloane]

Love the project vids, you keep me motivated.

[@3756hans]

Some sort of bellows might be useful and like someone said use a grate under your fuel so that you can get some airflow below it.

[@Oddzilla51]

That's a righteous looking pie. Nice job!

[@mikecooper706]

Great video, very informative and an inexpensive way to enjoy pizza without the significant investment and permanency of a pizza oven. Thank you

[@chriswhinery]

Great idea and improvements. The one addition I'd make, is a pizza stone to cook on.

[@veegames3364]

Cracks come from excess moisture in the bricks and being heated to fast. Low and slow is the name of the game in addition to keeping your brick oven dry.

[@lordofthenotes]

While true, a lot of those paver bricks that come from a department store have fillers of some form in them. Since it is not a homogeneous brick like an actual wall brick, filler and stone expand and contract at different rates.

[@veegames3364]

@@lordofthenotes true. I’ve also used 100% red clay bricks in similar applications and will still get cracks after some use.

[@kingcobra0128]

You have done alot for my wanting to make things for myself

[@user-ke8ht2lu9i]

Sweet, genius idea! Thank you!😊

[@johanbornman2611]

Great ideas. Use clay bricks and 2 to 3 unglazed big ceramic tiles on top of each other for the bases that can take the heat - no need for support and will last long. I will make the top higher to fit a roast pan to make it more versatile

[@wpherigo1]

Nice work! Might consider doing the fire from the side and the pizza from the front. I think I’ll try that!

[@RodRockets]

Dammm!! Just saw this now. Was staying at our house in northern Thailand and was getting a craving for my homemade pizza. Wish I saw this as easily could have slapped this up.

[@pleakhouse]

If your vent is now on the side, it means that the air doesn’t have to travel over the whole surface of your first paving slab. There will be a cold spot in the corner.

[@reowhite4862]

When you bit into that slice of pizza ...never before have I ever ever ever wanted to make home made pizza in my life more yhan I do now!!!!!

[@scottchristian6624]

Your pizza looks better than most of the ones I have seen that were cooked in the store bought units. I will build one as soon as I can find toe components here in Roatan, thanks

[@2213rtx]

I live in Baja California I went thru the same process you did built one on the ground first bricks cost 10 pesos 50 cents here had to build my own paver with rebar in the middle and concrete 2 inch's thick with a slot in the back for the flame worked good I lost some pizzas in the beginning didn't like bending over so I built mine up with cinder blocks fill it with rock and base rock to light my fire on worked great cooks a pizza in about 2 minutes

[@reggiep75]

Those flames! 🤘😂😂 I could do with some of them this winter, as I freeze here on Plague Island (aka UK) 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kennyh5083]

Most times when I see a pizza cooked on YT it just looks NOT RIGHT, yours looks absolutely perfectly done!

[@Tydyd1]

I love using fruit wood for flavor! 🔥🔥 I also grab a fresh branch of rosemary, basil, oregano, &/or a handful of thyme. Right away when you put the food on for maximum effect! 🔥🔥

[@BaFunGool]

Well done, nice build, great cook, and Best Wishes.