Bohemian Ovens - The Oven

Mike investigated the building of a brick oven but discovered they were expensive and complicated to build if you make them with a standard arch.

With the help of Mike's brother Bill, a heating and ventillating engineer, they built a much cheaper oven with a cantilever top, rather than a conventional arch.

The oven is free standing containing 2128 fire bricks. It is held together with a metal frame at either end and one half inch threaded rods.

The oven weighs nearly 15,000 pounds and stands 10 inches off the floor on 10 legs.

The oven is 6 feet high, 45 inches wide and 10 feet 6 inches long.

It's fired on both ends with wood! It can hold 40 loaves of bread at a time.