Cob: jist of an outdoor cob oven

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Alhana Tierra-Sky wrote:

> Can someone please tell me the jist of making an outdoor cob bread/baking
> oven? I know there is a book out there somewhere by Kiko Danzo ?, but I
> really can't afford that right now. My friend wants to know if I will head
> up a weekend project to start that up. I know I'd need some sort of
> foundation, but after that? How do I form the organic shapes? I can make a
> good enough cob mix, but I just need help with the actual formation of the
> oven. Thank a lot!

The Cob Cottage Company web site has a cob oven FAQ and their description
of Kiko Denzer's book includes some pictures and a step-by-step overview
of the oven building process that may be of help to you.

   http://www.cobcottage.com/coboven.html

   http://www.cobcottage.com/oven_faq.html



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