Jeff Varasano's NY Pizza Recipe (2008)
If you have some brick and a couple of pizza stones, try making a pizza oven.  No mortar, but puzzle it together.<p>Here&#x27;s a profile:<p><pre><code>                                                                                                       +--------------+
   +--------------------+                                                  +---------------+           |               
   |  Top Pizza Stone   |&lt;--+                                              |               |           |               
   +--------------------+   |    +-----------------------------------------+               |           |               
                            +----+-----------------------------------------+-----+---------+-----+     |               
   +--------------------+           .-----------------------------------.        |               |     |               
   |       PIZZA!       |&lt;---------(                                     )       |               |     |               
   +--------------------+           `-----------------------------------&#x27;        +---------------+     | &lt;--These are  
                                 +-----------------------------------------+     |               |     |  all brick    
   +--------------------+   +----+-----------------------------------------+     |               |     |               
   | Bottom Pizza Stone |&lt;--+    +-----------------------------------------+     +---------------+     |               
   +--------------------+        |                                               |               |     | Note the gap  
                                 |                                               |               |     |at the back of 
                                 |                 X       X               +-----+---------+-----+     |  the bottom   
                                 |             X  &#x2F; \ X   &#x2F; \X             |               |           | pizza stone   
                                 |            &#x2F; \&#x2F;   \ \ &#x2F;   \\            |               |           |               
                            +---&gt;|           &#x2F;  |     | |     |\           +---------------+           |               
   +--------------------+   |    |          |    \   &#x2F;   \   &#x2F;  |          |               |           |               
   |      Fire Box      |---+    |           \   &#x2F;\ &#x2F;   &#x2F; \ &#x2F;  &#x2F;           |               |           |               
   +--------------------+        |       +----\ &#x2F;--V-\ &#x2F;---V\ &#x2F;--+         +---------------+           |               
                                 |       +-----V------V------V---+         |               |           |               
                                 |                                         |               |           |               
                                 +-----------------------------------------+---------------+           +--------------+
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View from the front:<p><pre><code>                 +---------------+              Upper stone                +---------------+                           
                 |               +-----------------------------------------+               |                           
                 |               +-----------------------------------------+               |                           
                 +---------------+  .-----------------------------------.  +---------------+                           
                 |               | (                PIZZA!               ) |               |                           
                 |               |  `-----------------------------------&#x27;  |               |                           
                 +---------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------+                           
                 +---------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------+                           
                 |    Bricks!    |               Lower stone               |    Bricks!    |                           
                 |               |                                         |               |                           
                 +---------------+                 X       X               +---------------+                           
                 |               |             X  &#x2F; \ X   &#x2F; \X             |               |                           
                 |               |            &#x2F; \&#x2F;   \ \ &#x2F;   \\            |               |                           
                 +---------------+           &#x2F;  |    FIRE!    |\           +---------------+                           
                 |               |          |    \   &#x2F;   \   &#x2F;  |          |               |                           
                 |               |           \   &#x2F;\ &#x2F;   &#x2F; \ &#x2F;  &#x2F;           |               |                           
                 +---------------+       +----\ &#x2F;--V-\ &#x2F;---V\ &#x2F;--+         +---------------+                           
                 |               |       +-----V------V------V---+         |               |                           
                 |               |                                         |               |                           
                 +---------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------+                           
</code></pre>
Tips:<p>Try to use as few bricks as possible - say 30, but extra points for as few as you require to build<p>Square pizza stones are easier to build with - but round can work too<p>Takes about 25 minutes to get to temperature of 800f but careful, it can get to much more and your pizza with simply burn<p>Fire brick takes much longer to heat to temp<p>Wood peel to place pizza and metal peel for taking out<p>Rebuild often and without reason