I sometimes see where somebody is searching for information about bread and pizza ovens using my name as part of the search.
I do not yet have a set of complete set of detailed plans or a book or DVD on my oven plans and oven construction techniques. (I have been working on a manuscript, which will include plans and diagrams. If you know of a suitable or interested publisher, please let me know or have them contact me.)
I do post information on-line about my class
schedule.
You can also
e-mail me with questions about my classes.
Currently I regard my oven designs as my intellectual property (IP). I know people who have built their own ovens using information collected in my brick oven links
page, but not using my specific designs. I make what I find on the net available through that links collection, but I feel that my own designs have their own advantages.
I
won't give away my intellectual property for free by posting it on the internet. I
will share the information with people
who take my classes, and I'll even keep them updated when I update my designs.
You can save yourself some work by taking my class and using my designs, but suit yourself.
So, what do you get if you take my class and build one of my ovens? You get an oven that is quick to build (about an hour for the smallest), that gets hot enough to cook pizzas (easily 20 and as many as 40 in 2 1/2 hours if you have a good production line) at high temperatures (starting at 800-1000 degrees), and while not cheap is still a lot cheaper than any other brick oven you are likely to see.
(The small oven would cost about $400, not counting taxes and shipping charges.)
8/25/11:
Here is a look back at how I got started building ovens.
Three classes are now scheduled for 2012.
Silverwood Park (Twin Cities) on April 28, 2012 (no more classes with them unless they change their minds)
Tunnel Mill (south of Rochester) on May 5, 2012 (no more classes with them in 2012)
Borner Farm Project (Prescott, WI) on June 16, 2012.
Follow the schedule link above for more details.
