My *VERY* diy garden kitchen build, BBQ and pizza oven heavy

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The sail was just a cheapo one from amazon for now:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B2KK44O/ref...

It did the job though and kept us dry on a very wet day.

I need a bit of a bigger and stronger one long term though

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SlowMoped said:

Looks good, have you used the oven yet?

I most certainly have, it went straight in at the deep end

It slow cooked a whole minted leg of lamb and whole pork shoulder for pulled pork in the morning, hoovering around 180 degrees for about 5 hours



Then the meat came out and we really got it roaring, upto about 400 degrees and then we (party with friends) made about 20 pizzas

Then Sunday family came around for another pizza party and we made loads of pizza, calzone, garlic bread etc

I'm honestly amazed at how good it was, people that had never made a pizza before in their lives, with no instructions made a really tasty crispy pizza first time, me included!

We got through 36 of these pizza bases in its first 2 days



Unfortunately no pics of any finished pizzas, they went from oven to mouth pretty quick

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Sorry for the lack of updates, since the party things have progressed slowly and we've been away

Just a bit of painting and some basic electrics added really, but getting close now

One wall painted



Other wall painted



And some action pics

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Pitch, they look great!

My pizzas are turning out like oblong deep pans at the moment, how do you get them so flat and big? Hand stretch? Throw? Rolling pin?

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I feel it needs a bit of colour, so want to paint the pizza oven as a "feature"

What colour would you go?

I was thinking a nice deep blue, inspired by santorini

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Progress has been slow (house referb has taken over now) but it is finally getting there, just some finishing touches and lawn to sort now!

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ozzuk said:

that is a pretty impressive job, I'm being nagged to build a pizza oven. I think the only thing that lets it down is the grouting on the floor - why so thick? It seems to be softening with age but you have stunning slabs and it detracts (IMO!). Maybe some kind of polish to bring them up more?

Other than that, great job and I doubt my effort will come even close to as good! And I won't be taking pictures!

Thanks, the pizza oven is great, reccomend it!

To be honest ive never really thought of it/realised, I agree its slightly thicker than standard but it wasnt really intentional.