Start of the restaurant/bakery oven Brick Oven Photos Discuss Start of the restaurant/bakery oven in the Good Background Information forums; Originally Posted by Dutchoven We are excited for you also! Have you insulated the floor? If so with what? That ...

[Rojo Vivo]

Originally Posted by Dutchoven

We are excited for you also! Have you insulated the floor? If so with what? That is probably the MOST important decision you will make with regard to your oven. Inside a cistern, that is truly an interesting oven build!!!
All the best!
Dutch

Hi Dutch, "Feliz Ano Neuvo"!!
We have insulated the floor, we used a 5-1 of perilite and cement and poured it 4" thick. Today we are laying the bricks for the oven floor and starting the dome, we are very excited to work on it and see it all done. When we bought this colonial building it had this huge cement cistern which someone already turned into a bar so we thought it would be nice to keep it and it's history and build our wood fire stove inside of it. It's a little harder starting with the facade and building inside of it but it should look pretty neat when it's all done!!Is this the first time you have cooked in a Wood fire stove, how do you like it?
I thought I would attach a few photos of the cistern and the colonial home we are renovating for our restaurant, it's nice to talk with someone else doing the same thing! Enjoy your pizzas!!

[Dutchoven]

Originally Posted by Frances

When do you plan on being open for business? So then you'll be making pizza at lunch time and baking bread in the aternoons for the next day? Or pizza for lunch and dinner and bake the next morning? Fascinating. This is just so cool!

Looks like we'll be open in February most likely by Valentine's Day. Also looks like we'll be doing the pizza lunch and dinner(if we do dinner)and baking in the morning! It has been an interesting journey...especially to consider that we have been our own general contractor and for the most part done all of the labor as well(with the exception of plumbing and heating and air conditioning)
Thanks!
Dutch and Becca

[Dutchoven]

Originally Posted by Rojo Vivo

Hi Dutch, "Feliz Ano Neuvo"!!
We have insulated the floor, we used a 5-1 of perilite and cement and poured it 4" thick. Today we are laying the bricks for the oven floor and starting the dome, we are very excited to work on it and see it all done. When we bought this colonial building it had this huge cement cistern which someone already turned into a bar so we thought it would be nice to keep it and it's history and build our wood fire stove inside of it. It's a little harder starting with the facade and building inside of it but it should look pretty neat when it's all done!!Is this the first time you have cooked in a Wood fire stove, how do you like it?
I thought I would attach a few photos of the cistern and the colonial home we are renovating for our restaurant, it's nice to talk with someone else doing the same thing! Enjoy your pizzas!!

Rojo
Muchas gracias y Feliz ano Nuevo a ti!
I am glad to hear that you have adequately insulated the floor of the oven. I fully understand preserving the interesting aspects of a building. It will present challenges but, speaking from experience 1) it will work out fine and 2) try to pay attention to the next step before you get to it...then you won't find yourself having to remove something you've already built to finish building something else.
We are somewhat of what could be called "wood fired veterans" as we have had a WFO in our back yard for almost 4 years. We like the cooking in it very much and have cooked so many different things in it. Feel free to send me a private message if you have any questions as well as posting them on the forum
Good luck!
Best
Dutch and Becca

[FigliodiMariaeGiovanni]

Happy New Year Dutch! Looks great!

so has Brett Favre been in yet?

[Dutchoven]

Originally Posted by FigliodiMariaeGiovanni

Happy New Year Dutch! Looks great!

so has Brett Favre been in yet?

And the same to you! Hope the rest of the year finds you safe and healthy! Not officially open and no Brett Favre but, I suppose there is a better chance to see someone with the name Manning...being as we're only 30 miles from Ole Miss!
All the best!
Dutch

[Dutchoven]

Well unfortunately here we are in April and we are still not open for business...just so much for a couple of people to do...days are getting longer now and I am getting over a nasty cold so maybe a few more looong days and we'll be in operation...farmer's market season is on again and that will take some time away as well...if this were a college degree we are definitely on the 5 year plan....thought I would post a few photos of other things we have accomplished most recently...and one of where we were when we started!!!
Best
Dutch

[Frances]

I've been wondering how you were getting on, thank you for the update.

That is such a lovely building you've got there! Love the before and after pics, what a difference. It must really be a great deal of work.

[dmun]

I kind of like the look of the decayed spark plug sign. It would be cool if you could do your own business signage there to look like it had been painted years ago...

[Dutchoven]

Originally Posted by dmun

I kind of like the look of the decayed spark plug sign. It would be cool if you could do your own business signage there to look like it had been painted years ago...

Thanks Frances and dmun
We were intrigued by it also...we have whitewashed over that sign but the plan is to do a sign there...the light post thingie was put there when the building housed "Main Street Video"...think we might incorporate something like that again...don't know though...great minds think alike!
Best
Dutch

[james]

Man, you guys are working so hard! Hang in there and you will get it done -- and it's looking great.
James