I manged to bake my 1st pizza on this weekend. As it was baked in higher temprature than a usual electric oven, its surface was very crispy but still it kept moisture in crust and felt soft. After long, devoted 6 months work, my wife and I really savoured its taste, although it was a little hectic to go back and forth between a coffee table in the living and the oven in the garden. I look forward to spending an afternoon around the oven in a warm day in the next summer.
I found a couple of issues. There came no instruction with the oven, I need to do some experiments on the use, especially on firing. Today, I burned fire woods 10-15cm thick, but they took for a while to burn up. I think a quick hot fire is better than a slow, long fire. I will use more kindling size wood next time.
Also, my rake, which is used to pull out coals at the end of firing, is too large. I often scraped the wall around the door. I have to make the rake smaller and need some reinforcement of the door area.
