If you've read over how to build your own pizza oven with interest, this step-by-step guide to building a wood-fired oven in your backyard might just push you over the deciding line into having your own backyard culinary dome.
Mike Wilkie, like reader Kevin Lester from our previous pizza oven coverage, wanted to be able to make delicious homemade pizza and bread in a wood-fired oven right in his own backyard. Starting from scratch and taking copious pictures, he built a permanent—and very sturdy, we might add—Pompeii oven in his Brooklyn backyard.
His photo tutorial is heavy on images but light on instructions—but never fear. He used the guide from Forno Bravo—a company specializing in the importing and construction of authentic wood-fired ovens—which is packed with more information about wood-fired oven construction and lore than you could ask for.
Check out the photos below to see how a couple square meters in a city lot can transform into an awesome wood-fired oven, tons more pictures available in Mark's Flickr set.
If you're interested in crafting your own backyard masterpiece, check out the link below for a very detailed guide to building your own wood-fired oven.