Thread: Building a pizza oven

Brill post thank you so much for sharing with us.

Originally Posted by Mas Gib

Brill post thank you so much for sharing with us.

A pleasure Mas, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

A massive, but worthwhile effort. I've never seen a Thai eating Pizza. I tried one in Udon Thani ... it was disgusting; another in Vientiane ... slightly better thin crust pizza. The problem is there isn't decent sausage & cheese in Thailand. I'm converting to Thai Food. Go with the flow ... so to speak. An Italian friend was setting up a Pizza Restaurant in Ban Dung ... but I split up with that Thai GF, so I don't know how that went.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

the Tillapia

I'd bet it would roast a fish in about 30 seconds....

Great thread.
Might build myself one

Originally Posted by cdnski12

A massive, but worthwhile effort.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by cdnski12

I've never seen a Thai eating Pizza. I tried one in Udon Thani ... it was disgusting; another in Vientiane ... slightly better thin crust pizza.

It's something of an acquired taste for the Thais. My wife and her sister happily munch away on them, however the in-laws do eye them with a degree of polite suspicion. With apologies to any pizza purists on here, laab pizza with a fair amount of chilli seems to be more popular amongst the locals than your average cheese 'n' tomato affair.

I agree that much of the local offerings are not really up to snuff, hence building the thing. My cheese fixes are now a large, almost ceremonial, event rather than something I sneak off and do in the Lotus Tesco car park.

There is actually a fairly decent pizza place in Vientiane that has its own wood fired oven - actually there are probably a few. It was a visit here that persuaded the missus that there was plausible method behind the madness that led to the pile of firebricks lying in the driveway.

Originally Posted by cdnski12

I'm converting to Thai Food.

Sensible choice, but I do find myself hankering after something with cheese on it after a while...

Originally Posted by irlguy

Great thread.
Might build myself one

Thanks irlguy, good luck with your upcoming build BTW. I'd keep the pizza oven out of the negotiations until you're well on the way with building the house. As Humbert pointed out, the tendancy for builders to think its all too complicated and start dreaming of somtam instead is a real issue - it's probably a bit like I start dreaming of cheese...

OK, as I'm here I thought I'd add the following pictures.

I was wandering around the local garden centre (yes, they do actually have them in the deserts of Dubai) and came across these sort of portable pizza oven affairs:



They are a bit more professional looking than the metal one I have here, but at AED 6,500 or so (Baht 65,000) they are not for the faint hearted. I doubt they are available in Thailand (yet) but I've seen them for sale in quite a few places here so it may only be a matter of time.

A bit more exploration and I stumbled upon this:



Now we're talking...



Actually on closer inspection you can see that, like much of what's built in Dubai, it's a bit dressed up to look like something more authentic than it actually is.

The inside, rather than being made of brick, is fairly small and made of pre-formed concrete:



There is then clearly some insulation, as the outside of the thing is far bigger than the oven, after which a brick exterior has been cemented on to give it that authentic look:



Though I hesitate to say it myself, the quality of the brickwork seems a bit haphazard, but the real shocker on the things was this:



That's a shade under Baht 400,000.00 - and it didn't include the two stone chickens.

Some people here have more money than sense.

Far better value I thought was this 4 metre tall fibreglass mountain gorilla garden chair, a snip at AED 22,750 (Baht 225K or so):



I was almost tempted, but the idea is you sit on the gorilla's hand which I found slightly disturbing as there would always be this sneaking worry that the thing might start to get frisky. I mean, look at the size of it, how on earth would you stop him if he did...?

The Pizzas at the Farang restaurant in Seka are pretty good, certainly worth a try. The restaurant also serves a wide range of interesting dishes.

Originally Posted by Roobarb

and do in the Lotus Tesco car park.

I buy bags of frozen grated mozzarella from Makro along with packs of 4 frozen pizza bases and cook the concoction up in a 1k baht glass oven - it allows me to cheese the pizza up to my hearts desire

but , your oven is magnificent

An excellent Pizza/Pasta eatery opened in ChoHo ( in Korat ) .

Big proper brick pizza oven out on the terrace . Chilled German beers as well as Italian . And served brilliant pizzas , pastas and salads .
A gem of a place really .

We managed to eat there about 12 times before they gave up and closed down .

I can't cry over something like that but I came close .




PastalessWasp

I bought one for $99. Not very big though.

A $99 pizza should be HUGE !!!

Originally Posted by baldrick

I buy bags of frozen grated mozzarella from Makro along with packs of 4 frozen pizza bases and cook the concoction up in a 1k baht glass oven

I thought I had better post some pics

It is not just about eating pizza. Having a pizza oven creates a party where people can create their own pizza and drink a few beers and make another pizza, a few more beers and another pizza or maybe a calizone.