Build a Wood-Fired Earthen Oven

Build a Wood-Fired Earthen Oven with Feral

Saturday & Sunday, August 20-21 9AM to 4PM-ish

$90-150 sliding scale, includes lunch ($10 discount for members)

A cob or earthen oven is used to roast or bake bread, pizza, pie, meats and vegetables.

First, a fire is built inside the oven, heating the masonry. In a few hours when the oven is thoroughly heated, the coals are removed or pushed to

the back, and the food is placed in the oven. The stored heat radiates back into the food. Earthen ovens offer elegant, low-cost, do-it-yourself solutions for cooking.

Discuss design principles, material selection, working with cob, preparation and construction in this hands-on workshop.

“Building and baking in a wood-fired earthen oven restores beauty, savor, and real bread by restoring the essentials: earth, water, air, and fire.”

Build Your Own Earth Oven by Kiko Denzer

Feral lives in the Illinois Valley and has been homesteading & building houses for over 10 years.

When he isn’t busy fixing, building, growing and fermenting things, he likes to escape to wild places.