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  • Mobile pizza oven

    This is a 36″ id firebrick dome using #1 and#2 arch brick for tight joints.I built this oven to add to our catering at Cloud Nine Cafe in Wapakoneta Ohio.Pizza comes out in 90 seconds or less with oven temps @ 800 to900 degrees F. Built by Dave Wilcox @ Wilcox...

    Single skin heater workshop with Alex Chernov

    Nov 11/14 Hi, Norbert. Here are some pictures from a workshop on a “Russian Rocket” single-skin heater I did in September in St. Paul, AB, which is near Edmonton. The workshop was held in the Blue Quills First Nations College and was organized by their...

    Heater Update from Japan

    by Aki Yoshimizu “The party went on till past midnight but the heater remained hot forever…” Triple Skin Contraflow Heater in Japan See report, above, for details on the construction of this heater, built in July 2013 by MHA members Brian KIipfel and...

    Repairing Cracks in a Masonry Heater Facing

    Cheryl B <cherylb@gmail.com> Good morning, We had a masonry heater installed about eight years ago and when heating it for the first time we warmed it just a bit too quickly.  Nothing catastrophic happened but now we are wanting to repoint the cracks.  I...

    Outside air for slab on grade

    Air exits into ashbox, just below firebox floor. The base slab on this contraflow heater is 4″ thick precast vermiculite concrete, and is easy to cut. This allows considerable leeway in routing out a channel on the underside of the base slab, if necessary, to...

    Adding Steam to a Bake Oven

    Yahoo discussion with John Fisher: From: Ryan McCutchan <rmccutchan(at)gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 Subject: [MHAmembers] Steam in a wood fired oven Thanks for all you suggestions in regards to the double decked oven it has started an interesting string of...