One of the most exciting projects we have completed on our homestead this summer was building an outdoor pizza oven. Years ago in Oregon, my husband Brian built an amazing brick bread oven, following Alan Scott's plans detailed in the book The Bread Builders. The oven was huge - he could bake 20+ loaves of bread at a time - and it was so well insulated that it held heat for days. Brian ran a "Community Supported Bakery" for almost 9 years, selling organic, artisan sourdough bread baked that he baked in his wood-fired oven to friends and neighbors. When we began creating our off the grid homestead, we knew that we wanted to include an outdoor bread and pizza oven. … [Read more...]