Build fire pit or outside brick oven?

[Rebarcock.]

I am reclaiming my yard from the swamp. In the next week or so I will have moved 64 yards of fill and 16 yards of top soil.
Soon as done i want to build a boardwalk around the perimeter.
Then either a brick oven for outside cooking or a fire pit.
Anyone have any other ideas for me?
I once put in a putting green but I dont want to do that again

 

[America 1st]

Fire pit.

Can be used as a cooking device and the enjoyment with friends and family is worth more than anything.

 

[PawPower1981]

What are you moving all the dirt with?

 

[Jtrain80]

What are you moving all the dirt with?

Mexican Backhoe.

 

[GarnetPild]

I'd go with brick oven/bbq area bricked up. About to be warm for 7 months or so anyway...if you want a fire pit next winter, buy or build a cheap one then. The oven seems like the bigger job, go ahead and get it done imo.

 

[Rebarcock.]

What are you moving all the dirt with?

I had a redneck lined up but he didnt show so i rented a bobcat from sunbelt. 400.00 for 8hrs. It saved me a grand doing it myself.

 

[Rebarcock.]

I'd go with brick oven/bbq area bricked up. About to be warm for 7 months or so anyway...if you want a fire pit next winter, buy or build a cheap one then. The oven seems like the bigger job, go ahead and get it done imo.

I use a burn barrel now but I kind of agree w you.I just want my new place to be what i want

 

[Rebarcock.]

Mexican Backhoe.

I considered that avenue but im too patriotic to hire illegals. Id rather pay more and hire Americans to help

 

[shiv]

I'd go with brick oven/bbq area bricked up. About to be warm for 7 months or so anyway...if you want a fire pit next winter, buy or build a cheap one then. The oven seems like the bigger job, go ahead and get it done imo.

Agree, I like the brick oven idea too. You could use it for a heat source and as long as its well done it could look really nice

 

[Rebarcock.]

Fire pit.

Can be used as a cooking device and the enjoyment with friends and family is worth more than anything.

I have a burn barrel but i am considering a burn pit to double as an area to cook a hawg

 

[Rebarcock.]

Agree, I like the brick oven idea too. You could use it for a heat source and as long as its well done it could look really nice

Ive made the shell for a half dozen of people and will pull from their good ideas. I need to find somewhere to buy refractory bricks though

 

[quickfeet]

Make sure to post progress pics along the way!

 

[absoluteUnit]

Ive made the shell for a half dozen of people and will pull from their good ideas. I need to find somewhere to buy refractory bricks though

What is a refractory brick?

 

[Rebarcock.]

What is a refractory brick?

Bricks made to be in very high temperatures.
They used to be used to line molten steel kettles and large industrial ovens.
You line the oven w the bricks so it does not cascade heat into your structure. Basically it insulates the shell from the heat to avoid distortion.

 

[Jtrain80]

I considered that avenue but im too patriotic to hire illegals. Id rather pay more and hire Americans to help

A mexican backhoe is also known as a shovel.

 

[absoluteUnit]

Bricks made to be in very high temperatures.
They used to be used to line molten steel kettles and large industrial ovens.
You line the oven w the bricks so it does not cascade heat into your structure. Basically it insulates the shell from the heat to avoid distortion.

 

[Rebarcock.]

A mexican backhoe is also known as a shovel.

Lmfao

 

[Jtrain80]

Lmfao

Had you really not heard that?

I sure hope I didn't offend anyone...especially since I am trained in their use.

 

[Rebarcock.]

Had you really not heard that?

I sure hope I didn't offend anyone...especially since I am trained in their use.

No i hadnt heard that before. You didnt offend me w a joke

 

[Cletusnow]

Fire pit. More uses.

 

[Tag]

I’d get a Solo Stove and a Ooni Pizza Oven

 

[TJHall1]

Fire pit. That brick oven will be used early and often, and then barely ever after that. You can cook on a fire pit, and they even sell cheap deals to act as a brick oven over a fire pit.

 

[hmt5000]

I am reclaiming my yard from the swamp. In the next week or so I will have moved 64 yards of fill and 16 yards of top soil.
Soon as done i want to build a boardwalk around the perimeter.
Then either a brick oven for outside cooking or a fire pit.
Anyone have any other ideas for me?
I once put in a putting green but I dont want to do that again

Im planning on building a smoker/grill made mostly of landscaping blocks. Im still trying to figure out how I want to do the cooking area... either cannibalize a smoker/grill or just use stone on the whole thing... Probably gonna do stone for the whole thing so it lasts forever. but its past my skill level for now.

 

[Rebarcock.]

Im planning on building a smoker/grill made mostly of landscaping blocks. Im still trying to figure out how I want to do the cooking area... either cannibalize a smoker/grill or just use stone on the whole thing... Probably gonna do stone for the whole thing so it lasts forever. but its past my skill level for now.

Itbis surprisingly easy. Pull up youtube.

 

[CBradSmith]

For you city dwellers, does a brick oven or fireplace (I'm assuming this is a detached patio) fall under any codes that you municipality will get you on?

 

[hmt5000]

Itbis surprisingly easy. Pull up youtube.

I have. Im just gonna have to do some practice before I actually build mine so it doesn't look like an amateur built it... ; )

 

[Rebarcock.]

For you city dwellers, does a brick oven or fireplace (I'm assuming this is a detached patio) fall under any codes that you municipality will get you on?

Im in the county so no but even when iived in the city i would not have permitted it. As long as it isnt attached to the ground it is considered movable. I plan to make it in a fashion you could pick it up w a lull

 

[Bighub1]

I built this a few years ago.

 

[hmt5000]

I built this a few years ago.
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Nice. I was thinking something like this

How did you do the dome part? Was it hard in a artistic way?

 

[absoluteUnit]

You should just say fuck it and build an actual size replica of the largest of the Great Pyramids

 

[Bighub1]

I used an arm that sat in the center and it rotated and held the dome shape. I bought a kit from Melbourne firebrick company. He shipped it to middle of America for $400 from Australia???

Wood Fired Pizza Oven Kits Australia | The Fire Brick Co

We specialise in making Wood Fired Pizza Oven Kits of the highest quality, specifically engineered for easy DIY assembly across Australia.

melbournefirebricks.com.au

 

[Rebarcock.]

I built this a few years ago.
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Damn that is super nice

 

[Rebarcock.]

I used an arm that sat in the center and it rotated and held the dome shape. I bought a kit from Melbourne firebrick company. He shipped it to middle of America for $400 from Australia???

Wood Fired Pizza Oven Kits Australia | The Fire Brick Co

We specialise in making Wood Fired Pizza Oven Kits of the highest quality, specifically engineered for easy DIY assembly across Australia.

melbournefirebricks.com.au

Damn that is what I need. I wasnt looking to spend that much but it looks amazing

 

[Bighub1]

Damn that is what I need. I wasnt looking to spend that much but it looks amazing

It was a lot of work, but fun. Took a full summer to accomplish. If you need anything, I have lots of pictures. If I had to do it over again, I would go with a forno bravo, pre-built and probably a wash by the time you buy supplies and do the work. I like building things so it was a great project.