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[–] 76 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

I built one with just clay and straw, used it every weekend for years, it cracked, rebuilt it, used for another two years, cracked again, rebuilt it a third time. I've moved to a new house and already miss it. Even if I'm not making pizza, it's great just for an outdoor fire while sitting in the hammock. It's contained and uses like 1/4 of the wood while not being as dangerous.

A great way to spend a weekend afternoon is to fire it up and loaf on the hammock. I'd also use it to bake bread, make peach cobblers in cast iron, and smoke bacon. Great times. Maybe I could get the parts to rebuild it this weekend...

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    What's the basics of using clay and straw to make stuff like that?

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    https://www.themudhome.com/mudbuilding/how-to-make-a-cob-oven-and-avoid-the-common-pitfalls

    https://theyearofmud.com/2009/09/12/outdoor-cob-pizza-oven/

    There's a book too, if you want more detail, that's what I used when I first made mine like 12 years ago

    https://permies.com/t/223763/Cob-Oven-bible-Build-Earth

    The simplest explanation is you pile sand into a dome shape, then mix clay and sand and pile it on the sand, then mix clay sand and straw and use that for the outer shell. After the walls dry you can scoop out the inner sand dome.

    I highly recommend renting a cement mixer, doing it with foot stamping takes a very long time.

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