The Great AMERICAN Chicken Roast - WOOD FIRED PIZZA OVEN!

SEE BELOW ON HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN OVEN!

Our wood fired pizza oven is an amazing tool for outdoor cooking year round. I highly recommend building one and if you are good at scrounging, you may even be able to find many of the components cheap online at places like Craigslist. The one area you don't want to skimp however is the fire rated morter and inside firebricks. The outside bricks can be what are called pavers. But the inside bricks need to be fire rated bricks.

We have used our wood fired pizza oven for all kinds of foods over the last 4 years. And I'm sure we have gotten more use out of our oven than most who build them.

What we have used our oven for:

Pizza (of course, makes the best pizza ever)
Bread
Chickens
Turkeys
Roasted Pumpkins
Roasting Sunflower Seeds

After 4 years, we are still using our oven and its still going strong. However, the outside mortar is cracking and coming apart. This is because we should have used a fire mortal for these bricks as well. We also probably should have coated the entire oven with a very good weather protectant.

To date, none of the bricks have cracked which is a really good sign that the oven is still structurally sound. Probably in the spring or next summer, we will try to attempt repairs on the outside mortal damage.

TODAY: CHICKENS!
We are going to roast some chickens. Trust me, you could cook an old tire in this oven and after it's finished, it will taste delicious! First we get our birds ready and in the oven! Boom! Nice spices and just look at how excited those birds are about getting into that oven!

In the oven the birds go. The wood fire and smoke are going to make these birds taste amazing! They will roast about 45 minutes and I will keep the door on the oven the entire time. About 20 minutes in, I will rotate the birds. They will be happily sizzling in their own juices and won't mind a bit being disturbed. :)

And just like that! They are done! They may look a bit crisp on the outside but don't let that fool you. Inside they are juicy and and jumping for flavorful joy! The wood smoke has imparted a flavor to them that can never be achieved any other way and once you try it, you will not be able to wait on building an oven for your homestead!

BUILD A PIZZA OVEN

Yes you can build your own pizza oven just like this one.
I would recommend that you purchase the foam template from BRICK WOOD PIZZA OVENS

Once you purchase the template and build your inner structure, you can be as artistic as you want with the over all oven. We stayed simple with ours but you can see some people really go wild!

Brick Wood Pizza Ovens also provides the PDF template with very detailed color instructions for assembly! Yes you can do this!

Do you have a pizza oven? We know some of you do because we have seen the photos on Steemit before! Comment below and share any pics in the comment section that you have. HAPPY COOKING!