[james]

My favorite saying that it's easy to make bread in a pizza oven, but difficult to make pizza in a bread oven. :-)

If you are looking for a general purpose oven, for a range of cooking, I think the round Italian design is the best one. If you are setting up a commercial bakery, then I would go with the low, barrel vaulted oven. I would even considering doing a white, French oven design if I was thinking of starting up a commercial bakery.

My two cents.

I love the idea of building a brick oven for community use. Excellent idea.

James