How to build a Wood Fired BBQ / Outdoor Kitchen Build: Part 9/ DIY Brick Barbeque / Barbecue a Legna 

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Congratulations!!! Send me a picture if you have time. Artisanmadethings@gmail.com

Thank you. I am hoping to work on that sometime in the fall. Need to finish the stone work first.

Thank You, and I am very curious about what you will be doing with that flint rock!

Thank you for this unexpected reply, and to answer your question, I am a traditional archery craftsman in building custom tri-laminated longbows, with 'match-grade arrows, and arrowheads made from flint rock. My plan (before winter) is to cover fire-brick with flint rock on my outdoor bar-b-que, and pizza cooker combination. I've never attempted such a thing, so we will seee what the outcome will be. Thanks again, brother!

Thank you for sharing your experience and your suggestions. I’ve seen those elevation systems on RU-vid. I’m going to definitely look into one of those once I’m finished building

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It works great! I will post videos when the weather gets warmer

This is where I got mine. www.zoro.com/akona-50-lb-refractory-mortar-104319/i/G5126550/?gclid=CjwKCAiAp8iMBhAqEiwAJb94z1veFj65jFX_ulkHuzNgDaLW6TYqWRv3fyCY9Y6aZ58aY5NS2QCkeRoC3toQAvD_BwE.

They are easy to find here in New York. Most mason supply stores carry them.

Thank you!!!

No cracks after almost 3 years of use

Something that is removable. I will be using a free standing rotisserie and a kebab rack as well so I want the freedom to switch these out

This is more like a fire place. Most of the heat escapes before it can travel through the firebrick and cause the concrete to reach a high temperature. A pizza oven on the other hand is built in a way that prevents heat from escaping. The fire heats the top of the dome and reflects heat down to the oven floor, causing it the reach extremely high temperatures

The hardest part of learning is getting over the fear of making mistakes. We all make them. The more you make, the more you learn.

@Kangaroo Ninja, I never had anyone teach me this stuff as a kid, and I never took advantage of a job where I could learn a skill (I would do tough work but was usually repetitive, ie warehouse, factory, then army infantry). I started getting itch to do homeowner stuff in my late thirties early forties. With my no previous skills background, I asked a lot of questions, watched a lot of videos, and asked some more of know keep Iole around me. I think I was 45 when I started my pizza oven, finishing touches were the following summer in 2020. Looks awesome (I found a guy in

In Central NY where I live who had a pile of old maroon brick like used here for the facade of my oven. I used the brick wood oven plans (free online) as a template, and built a barrel style pizza oven. I used cinder block I had laying around, had to purchase some as well. Followed the guide of the brick wood plans and made a few mistakes along the way. I wanted to have a barrel shape for my final exterior oven look, it did not come out as I wanted in the lower levels and it turned out to be a massive rectangular brick structure. Original chimney was not drafting well so I extended with with fire brick and covered that with red brick. Made a beautiful finish to the exterior that was not originally planned. I then had to figure out how to cover the space inside between oven and brick. I filled with more cement and ordered 1.5 inch thick slabs of blue stone to make a roof. Metal chimney cap and spark arrestor gave it a nice finish. The next summer bought nice veneer stone to face the cinder block with. Point being, I built it by myself, no physical help, with no prior masonry experience. I made some mistakes but they were overcome and not deal breakers. (My cheap way to make a form for the barrel shape ended up going a bit too tall, and I needed to lower the front entry to retain more heat, fixed with fire brick and mortar). The concrete oven platform I did not tap the wood and get rid of air bubbles, so I had a rough look to that. Just little things, but nothing architecturally or functional that would not allow it to work or stand up to the elements. I had a metal door made for it and that really helped when heating it up and also to slow cooks or bake when not doing pizzas. The oven is a great center piece by our pool, and is a second fire place outside at night when guests are over. Take a chance, ask questions and go for it! Oh yeah, if you need masonry video tips, there is an older gentleman on RU-vid named Mike Haduk. Many years as a mason, lives in PA and had to build stuff to last and resist the elements. Can learn a lot there good luck!

I haven’t tried yet but I don’t see why not.

Thank you!!! Honestly, I wasn’t sure if it was going to work out but luckily I’d did. Hopefully it will stand the test of time.

No. This is how fireplaces are built as well.

I was trying to find the answer to this question too. I saw that people who build fireplaces did not insulate. So I opted not to insulate either.

I’m not sure. Most important thing is the max temp rating for that mortar. If it is not too difficult to remove, maybe just redo it for piece of mind.

As soon as the winter passes, I will be posting videos.

Thanks for the offer. I only do projects for my RU-vid channel.

In my etsy shop: www.etsy.com/ArtisanMadeShop/listing/1056922914/wood-fired-bbq-plans-brick-bbq-outdoor?Copy&ListingManager&Share&.lmsm&share_time=1629430637783

Pizza oven needs to be insulated to hold in heat so you can reach temps over 1000f. With a bbq you are cooking over hot coals. No insulation required.

@@ArtisanMade Ahhh makes sense. Any concern of the firebrick's passed through heat creating stress on the cement under it? I'm going to be laying firebrick soon and was thinking to add maybe an inch of vermicrete to protect the cement slab

Only necessary if you are attaching brick to wood. Not necessary when brick is mortared to concrete.

I bought it a Harbor freight

@@ArtisanMade For such size, very useful tool...

Grazie! There are plan available on Etsy. www.etsy.com/ArtisanMadeShop/listing/1056922914/wood-fired-bbq-plans-brick-bbq-outdoor?Copy&ListingManager&Share&.lmsm&share_time=1629430637783

Don’t buy them online. Go to a masonry store. I paid about $1.60 each last year.

@@ArtisanMade thanks

This is a bbq. There is no door.

@@ArtisanMade sorry I've been powering through quite a few of your videos. The question was about the pizza oven. The temp wood door you made for the firing was not flush to the outside. During that process it seemed to me it blackened the interior of the fire bricks but in subsequent videos they were clean did the soot come off from the higher temp firings or were you forced to clean them.

Not the safest way to get it done, but the bigger problem with that is that some of the smoke and flames would not go up the chimney, and dirty the bricks that make up the arch

Everything is an insert that is removable. Racks, rotisserie, kebab holders. Not sure if I’m buying mine or making them custom.

Oh yea! 3 ft footing and steel reinforced