Clay Tiles For Pizza Oven

The tiles have to be unglazed.

Clay tiles for pizza oven.

Unglazed quarry tiles hey i realise this is quite late but just thought i d reply in case you did postpone your build to the spring. Whether you need a custom chimney pot for your historic home an authentic brick masonry oven to make wood fired bread and pizza at home or terra cotta clay wine storage tiles for your favorite vintage collection we have what you need. The clay will be quite hard to the touch but will turn soft again in rain so backyard ovens should have a shed roof or some other way to protect it from the elements. Honey can do 4448 old stone oven baking tiles set of 6 4 75h x 6 5w.

A porous clay based material like terracotta is ideal as it temporarily absorbs moisture from the pizza base which helps to give you a crispy pizza base. Some people use just one of the big tiles which works well if you are going to make small pizzas. Mine were terracotta which seems to be an excellent surface as it s very porous sucks water up like a sponge and is happy with high temps. However it is easiest to buy several six inch tiles and fit them in your oven.

I had four lying around and it just seemed the obvious choice. So let s start with the material for the oven floor. Clay adobe ovens do not get hot enough to actually turn the clay to hardened ceramic like it would in a kiln firing. Contact superior clay for your next home project.

Made of clays fired at over 2000 degrees. The quarry tile needs to fit in your oven so that there is at least an inch or so space all the way around it. Honey can do old stone oven s 4448 set of 6 baking tiles natural. Be sure to measure the inside of your oven carefully.

Continuing on my theme of simple and cheap i was originally going to use paving slabs. A glaze on the tile can contain lead and when subjected to the heat of the oven this can transfer to the food you re cooking possibly into the air. The third and final option is to purchase a premixed clay which has been prepared especially for the construction of pizza and tandoori ovens such as our pizza oven mix. Made in the usa.

How to build a clay pizza oven oven floor. We intend to make proper pizzas here not the thick soggy things that those multinationals dish up after all. I used exactly what you are suggesting in my oven two layers of unglazed tiles with a thin layer of mortar between. The more sand you add to your clay the less malleable it will become.

Duplicates crispy pizzeria quality pizza crust and all in a standard home kitchen oven.