color of firebricks Getting Started Discuss color of firebricks in the Pizza Oven Design and Installation forums; Hopefully someone can help me with the following questions: - except the landing area, is it true that the firebricks ...

[phipham]

Hopefully someone can help me with the following questions:
- except the landing area, is it true that the firebricks eventually become black after using it for a while ?
- Do firebricks with a black color have any performance issue compared to lighter colors ? ( I have read that a light color have a better reflection, but I doubt this is true because I think the light colors eventually become black after using it ..)

[Frances]

The answer would have to be no.

Once the oven is cured, a big fire will get it so hot that the soot burns off the inside of the oven - that's how you can tell its the right temperature for pizzas. So the bricks keep their original colour.

[dmun]

The only persistent soot will be in your entry and around your vent. as Frances says, the dome burns clean with every use.

I went to great trouble to get "red" firebricks, and after a couple of years of use, the red tint has faded, and you can hardly tell they are different from the beige ones.