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rachael hamblin
Posts: 129


April 12, 2008, 01:43:22 AM

We've started thinking about building a cob oven in our back yard, I learned about how to do this several years ago and have built with cob but never actually built an oven.  Does anyone know of good resources on this (or people in the area to talk to/work with?  I'm in Olympia).  Info on the process would be awesome as well.  Thanks!
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paul wheaton
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missoula, montana


April 12, 2008, 09:38:22 AM

If you get a chance to tour the bullock brothers farm (workshop or a work volunteer thing) on orcas island, there is a mountain of cool stuff to see, including their cob oven:

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rachael hamblin
Posts: 129


April 12, 2008, 08:38:27 PM

Wow, that's a beautiful oven!  I've only seen one before, and it was built so that the heat from the oven ran through a cob bench that was connected to it, the cob would store the heat and you'd have a cozy warm bench for hours after baking bread.  It was a pretty great arrangement.
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paul wheaton
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missoula, montana


April 13, 2008, 10:07:20 AM

Here is another.  This one is from "our ecovillage" on vancouver island.

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rachael hamblin
Posts: 129


April 14, 2008, 01:06:12 AM

HAHAHAHAHA that is the very oven I was referring to!!  I lived at OUR Ecovillage for a summer while doing a natural building program.  I've baked bread in that oven Cheesy.
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paul wheaton
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missoula, montana


April 14, 2008, 09:19:08 AM

Rachael, where are your pics?

I have more pics from OE ...  If there were a thread about outdoor kitchens, I would have to dig them out. 
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rachael hamblin
Posts: 129


April 18, 2008, 12:26:38 AM

I don't have any photos that really relate to the cob oven thread but I have some other pictures of building the art studio that I'll try to figure out how to put up Smiley.
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permaculture.dave
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Orcas Island, WA


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April 22, 2008, 05:05:12 PM

There is a book called Build Your Own Earth Oven by Kiko Denzer that should tell you most of what you need to know to put one of these things together.
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rachael hamblin
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April 29, 2008, 01:09:55 AM

I think I remember hearing about that book, I'll check it out.  I did a week long natural plaster workshop with Kiko once, he really knows his stuff. 
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paul wheaton
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missoula, montana


August 24, 2010, 05:20:45 PM

I'm about to make a cob oven video.  Anybody have pics they will let me use?  If so, please upload!  Also, if you can say it is in the public domain, that will make for less hassle for me if I use your picture in my video.




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