How to Build a Backyard Brick Oven from Scratch

by Laura Blodgett, Greg Blodgett (Editor)

Have you dreamed of having your own backyard brick oven? See how one man built his from the ground up using basic materials!
If you have

68 pages, Paperback

First published June 12, 2013

About the author

Laura Blodgett is enjoying her midlife 'crisis' more than the average drug commercial thinks she is. After homeschooling 7 children in partnership with her husband of 42 years (and still going strong), she has been running barefoot since age 49 or so. Her books range from how her engineer-husband built a brick oven from scratch in their backyard to children's stories in Chinese, which she is learning with the guidance of a tutor.

Reviews

[Heath Greenfield · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very useful

The pictures were nice, and it was plainly written. That said, it doesn't include actual plans or diagrams. Nobody was following any safety protocols. It looked like a high school report on how somebody built an oven for cheap. If I pay for a book, I expect more than this. It should provide well laid out plans, proper material lists, a variety of layouts or an explanation as to why this is the best oven design (hint, it's not the most efficient), and etc. All in all, I won't use this to build a backyard oven. I wish I hadn't bought it. Two stars because at least it meets the technical requirements of a book that shows how to build a backyard brick oven.