Built a pizza oven in my backyard - here's what I learned

Ron D.New Dad

Dec 5·1 min read

The Good:

My 10yo loves helping me make pizzas
Weekend dinners are way more fun now
Somehow makes pizza taste better

The Bad:

Way more expensive than I budgeted ($800 total)
Took 6 weeks of weekends to build
My brick work looks... not professional

The Ugly:

First pizza I made was a burnt disaster
Neighbor's fence is slightly charred

Would I do it again? Yeah probably. Is it worth it? Still deciding. Anyone else have a pizza oven they regret?

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Comments(6)

TTerrence J.RegularDec 6

Did you budget the full cost upfront or did it creep up on you as you went? Asking because I'm thinking about doing this and want to know what to actually expect to spend

OOliver Q.RegularDec 7

The 'Somehow makes pizza taste better' part is just facts though. Even store-bought pizza tastes better when you made it together in a backyard oven. That's not a bug, that's a feature

MMarcus J.RegularDec 7

Real talk: $800 spent on something that gets your 10yo excited about weekend family time and makes him want to help you is actually not a bad investment. Way better than that money going to screen time addiction

GGrant C.RegularDec 7

How often are you actually using it? Because if it's just weekends that feels expensive, but if you're doing pizza nights multiple times a week it might pay for itself over time in what you'd normally spend eating out

CCliff B.RegularDec 8

The expensive part sucks but honestly you've created this whole family ritual now. Pizza nights with actual pizza you made together hits different than ordering delivery. Your kid's gonna remember this

GGreg M.RegularDec 8

I did the wood-fired pizza oven thing too and yeah, nobody warns you about all the random stuff you need - the thermometer, the pizza peel, the cover, the brick repairs. It adds up