He looks so happy and proud

https://lemmy.world/post/43959089

Everyone i know who built a pizza oven used it twice and then never again
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…
What’s the basics of using clay and straw to make stuff like that?

themudhome.com/…/how-to-make-a-cob-oven-and-avoid…

theyearofmud.com/2009/…/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

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

How to Make a Cob Oven (and Avoid the Common Pitfalls)

Courtesy of Helen Atkinson in Baltimore   Now for something a little different. Something a little fun. Not that Helen’s cob oven is particularly ‘little’. Au contraire, this wonderful project...

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Awesome, thanks for the advice, I saved your post for reference.
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing it! Been a while since I considered making a backyard pizza oven, and now I’m down that rabbit hole again.