Best of the Month November 2007

[jwnorris]

Originally Posted by rlf5

Or a 6-pack of beer to kill the pain...

Ditto.

I am constantly reminded of something that a mentor taught me many moons ago. IF IT WAS EASY, EVERYONE WOULD DO IT.

J W

[asudavew]

I second Ken's dome! and 3rd les's

Hard to choose between the two!

Oh so pretty!

[james]

Originally Posted by jwnorris

I am constantly reminded of something that a mentor taught me many moons ago. IF IT WAS EASY, EVERYONE WOULD DO IT.

I say that to my kids all the time. They hate it. :-)
James

[Acoma]

Originally Posted by maver

I'll nominate GJBingham's prior quote - "I want to die peacefully like my grandfather - not screaming like his passengers"

Marc

I third this nomination. Classic.

[Acoma]

Ken and Les both have done excellent work, but my vote goes to Les (For November).

[oventhusiast]

I've got to nominate Ken's Keystone. It's innovative, simple and practical!
It should be in the Pompeii construction book. I struggled with my last few rows and I ended up pounding the last two bricks in until I of course crumbled them and had to piece them together with mortar His way is so much better than the tiny, misshaped, things we call keystones. Great work Ken!
Rick

[james]

I want to nominate Ken's clean floor idea. Tape and paper goes a long way to keeping your oven clean and making it easier at the end. Hey, his oven is cleaner than my office. :-)
James

[Dutchoven]

Too many categories in play here...but I guess of all these excellent ovens, cleverness, technique, and resourcefulness...Les' tight almost gauged dome...Ken's clean oven floor...but that keystone(s)...that did it for me...I nominate Ken as the best of November...
Best
Dutch

[Acoma]

True about the numerous categories. Maybe we can tighten the December round. This is a first month and should be fun and exciting.

[Les]

I wasn't comfortable with this competition from the start. The thing I love about this forum is the help we all get from each other. I have watched the ovens evolve from the basics to who knows what. It's all about sharing the good and the bad. With that said - I vote for Ken; his oven is obviously WELL constructed, extremely clean (dear to my heart), and most importantly, damn near done. James - maybe you should just throw a bag of flour to ever completes an oven, just a thought. For all I know, my approach may crumble with the first fire - I suppose if that were to happen, and I won a bag of flour, I could use it making paper projects in the insane asylum

Les...