I ran across this wonderfully produced video documenting a skillfully crafted cob oven on YouTube. It’s titled The Making of a Cob Oven. The video was produced at Finca Ipe and posted by Zebede67. Very nice!

I wanted to make an oven, somewhere to bake some pizza. So I started to work…
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I found an earthen oven near the Taos Food Center and Community Garden. You see a lot of this style oven ( horno - pronounced ‘orre-no’ ) around here. I especially like the relief artwork around the ’smoke hole’.

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This summer Nate Cunnings and Ben Van Netten designed and built this cob oven for The Smokin’ Tuna Cafe, located in East Sooke on Vancouver Island. The oven was created on the cozy outdoor patio that over looks the waterfront. All of the materials were scavanged from local sources. Nate says he plans to continue natural building and oven making professionally.

Builders Contact Info:
Nate Cunnings, natusinvic (at) hotmail.com
Ben Van Netten, benvannetten.com »