Stone and Mud Oven

**Big Guy** · 05-13-2012, 03:06 PM

I saw a post on an earlier thread. I wish I could remember who posted it and I'm too lazy to look it up. I was impressed by this Stone/Brick oven he made and I decided that I would make one on my next excursion.

I went out to Land Between the Lakes this weekend (Friday-Saturday). Here are some pics.

I set up camp in an area that had everything I needed.

All set up.jpg

I collected rocks and worked out the size.

Figuring it out.jpg

I gathered the mud fom the edge of the water and started building the oven.

Making progress.jpg

Here is the finished oven before it is fired.

Oven almost done.jpg

My first attempt to fire the oven didnt work too well, I started the fire directly in the oven. I was not able to keep the fire going, I'm not sure why it wouldnt stay lit but I assume it was a combination of lack of air flow and too much miosture.

1st attempt to fire oven.jpg

I had to build the fire in the oven door, that created a chimney effect and lit the tinder and fuel that I had inside. That worked real well, all I had to do is feen the oven from the top and it was easy to maintain.

Oven starting.jpg

Once there was a good bed of coals I put a whole chicken on a drift wood plank I found. I didnt get a pic of the chicken on the plank before I put it in but here is the oven sealed up with the chicken inside. You can see the plank sticking out of the oven.

Sealed Oven.jpg

I waited two hours and checked the oven. Here is the view from the top.

Chicken in the Oven.jpg

I took the chicken out of the oven and it was cooked all the way through.

Chicken.jpg

It was a pretty good supper.

chicken leg.jpg

It took about 2 1/2 to 3 hoours to collect the materials and build the oven.
Another 1 1/2 hours to heat the oven to temperature.
Another 2 hours to cook the chicken.
Another 15 mins to eat my fill.

If I can do this so can you, trust me its worth the effort. Give it a shot next time you go out.

I hope you enjoyed the information as much as I did in building the oven.

**Bue** · 05-13-2012, 03:47 PM

Most impressive job!! How about biscuts or corn bread next time. I could almost smell the chicken

**Big Guy** · 05-13-2012, 04:01 PM

I have no doubt that I coould make Biscuits and Corn Bread in that oven. Next time I'm bringing some spices. I might even bring biscuit mix and corn meal.

I want to do this again, hopefully I can get some more people to come out also.

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Originally Posted by Bue

Most impressive job!! How about biscuts or corn bread next time. I could almost smell the chicken

**snake35** · 05-13-2012, 04:20 PM

Thats roughing it with style!

**preppinmomma** · 05-13-2012, 04:50 PM

Wow that's awesome! Is it something you can use next time or will the weather take it's toll?

**Big Guy** · 05-13-2012, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by preppinmomma

Wow that's awesome! Is it something you can use next time or will the weather take it's toll?

I don't know, I will go back out there to see. I'm sure it will stand up to the elements but will probably need some patching. Hopefully noone tears it down before I can get back out to it.