Constructing the Oven

Here's where design, engineering and shape gets dicey.  The light colored bricks are fire bricks, the best for lining an oven.  They take high temperature heat up to 750 degrees.  We lined the barbecue with them also.

The first plywood broke so we got a more flexible piece

from Home Depot that would bend to Al's specifications.

Now Ernie, Carmina and I were enlisted to help.

As you can see in the photos the day was getting 

colder and misty.  It was a real challenge to get

the mortar to set up and hold while Al placed 

fire bricks over the plywood frame.  Ernie and Al

had to place braces of wood inside and outside the

frame to keep it from moving with the weight of 

the bricks building up

Then it became imperative to put another piece of

plywood on the opposite side, with bracing

boards as support.

This was a huge challenge.

But if you could see Al's face, he was pleased.