The XM ChallengeHow to Build a Clay Oven – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 How to Build a Clay Oven https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=117 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=117#respond Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:20:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2012/12/23/how-to-build-a-clay-oven/ We have so many great family memories of special meals with friends where we used our clay oven that I decided to build another one here in Marabá. Olivia was a great help in laying bricks, and the other girls helped too, as they were able. Anni will help by preparing the pizzas, in just a few more days. (Ivanildo and Phil did a lot too).
There is no heat resistant cement here in Marabá, so I asked my friend Google how to make a homemade mix. Here is the recipe I used.
3 parts clay
3 parts cement
3 parts sand
1 part sugar
The clay makes the cement really sticky and hard to work with. The sugar makes a chemical reaction with the cement, causing it to be hot to touch. Now we have to wait from 4 – 20 days for the cement to cure.
Then we’ll build a fire inside the oven to heat it up, push the fire to the back, and slide our pizzas, or bread, or roasts, or whatever in to bake.

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