Build Your Own Earth Oven

By Dick And James Strawbridge
Published on June 24, 2011
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No matter where you live, no matter your life circumstances, “Self-Sufficiency for the 21st Century” has a project perfect for you and your unique pursuit of self-reliance. You’ll learn how to raise chickens, goats and other livestock, how to preserve food through canning, how to reduce your energy bills, and much, much more. Authors Dick and James Strawbridge also provide an impressive assortment of well-designed DIY projects, including instructions for building a solar food dryer, a chicken ark, a cold smoker and an earth shelter.
No matter where you live, no matter your life circumstances, “Self-Sufficiency for the 21st Century” has a project perfect for you and your unique pursuit of self-reliance. You’ll learn how to raise chickens, goats and other livestock, how to preserve food through canning, how to reduce your energy bills, and much, much more. Authors Dick and James Strawbridge also provide an impressive assortment of well-designed DIY projects, including instructions for building a solar food dryer, a chicken ark, a cold smoker and an earth shelter.
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One of the oldest methods of cooking food, earth ovens are as practical today as they were millennia ago, not only because they’re a low-impact cooking option, but because of the unbeatable tastes of the foods they turn out.
One of the oldest methods of cooking food, earth ovens are as practical today as they were millennia ago, not only because they’re a low-impact cooking option, but because of the unbeatable tastes of the foods they turn out.

The following is an excerpt from Self-Sufficiency for the 21st Century by Dick and James Strawbridge (DK Publishing, 2010).

Few tastes compare to the stone-baked flavor you get from cooking in a traditional earth oven. They can be used for everything from bread and pizzas to pies. On an environmental front, the simple clay structure and use of carbon-neutral wood fuel makes cooking in an earth oven a low-impact option. The cost of building one is next to nothing, and the process, while a bit messy, is a lot of fun. (You may find it helpful to refer to this illustration of the authors’ earth oven as you follow the building instructions below. — MOTHER)

Earth Oven Materials and Tools

Tape measure
Pen
Garden sieve
Rolling pin
Knife
Trowel
Clay (dig your own if possible)
Sand
Newspaper
Bricks or cinder blocks
Stone slabs
Wood

Earth Oven Instructions

Build the Stand

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