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An oven is primarily used in cooking. A primitive earthen oven can be created by making mound of clay or mud with a cavity in it. The walls should be fairly thick. Start a roaring fire inside, and once it has been reduced to embers remove the embers and ash and place what you want to cook inside the oven. The thick earthen walls will absorb the heat from the fire, and radiate it back over a long period of time. The oven will be hotter right after the embers have been removed, and will cool slowly over the course of several hours. This means that things that require a high baking temperature will need to go in first, and things that require a lower temperature will need to wait until the oven has cooled down.
An '''oven''' is a heated cavity primarily used in cooking, usually at lower temperatures than [[Kiln|kilns]] or [[Furnace|furnaces]]. Ovens can be made from [[mud]], [[clay]], [[Brick|bricks]], [[metal]], and other materials.
 
== Crafting Instructions ==
 
==== Simple Earthen Oven ====
 
# Create a base for the oven with large flat stones, it needn't be one piece but larger surfaces and more thermal mass are preferable.
# Using mud or clay, make a complete circle on top of the base. No more than 6 inches (15 cm) tall and at least 6 inches thick.
# Add more layers on top of previously, letting partially dry if not structurally sound. Each layer should be just as thick, but with a smaller diameter. The cross section should resemble a parabola.
# When the full dome is complete, carve out a hole at the base, to access interior.
# Optionally, an entry section may be extended out.
 
==== Brick Oven ====
 
# Build a brick oven
 
==== To use ====
 
# Light a fire inside the oven, if the oven is new, keep it smaller for longer to dry out the oven. Too rapid of heating may cause cracking.
# When the fire has died down to mostly coals, either remove them or push them to one side or the back.
# Food may now be cooked inside, heat will continue to be supplied by embers, if applicable, as well as the thermal mass of the walls and base.
# Add small pieces of fuel at a time to control the temperature.
 
The door may or may not be blocked off
 
== Uses ==
Ovens are primarily used to cook food.
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Latest revision as of 01:06, 10 May 2025

An oven is a heated cavity primarily used in cooking, usually at lower temperatures than kilns or furnaces. Ovens can be made from mud, clay, bricks, metal, and other materials.

Crafting Instructions

Simple Earthen Oven

  1. Create a base for the oven with large flat stones, it needn't be one piece but larger surfaces and more thermal mass are preferable.
  2. Using mud or clay, make a complete circle on top of the base. No more than 6 inches (15 cm) tall and at least 6 inches thick.
  3. Add more layers on top of previously, letting partially dry if not structurally sound. Each layer should be just as thick, but with a smaller diameter. The cross section should resemble a parabola.
  4. When the full dome is complete, carve out a hole at the base, to access interior.
  5. Optionally, an entry section may be extended out.

Brick Oven

  1. Build a brick oven

To use

  1. Light a fire inside the oven, if the oven is new, keep it smaller for longer to dry out the oven. Too rapid of heating may cause cracking.
  2. When the fire has died down to mostly coals, either remove them or push them to one side or the back.
  3. Food may now be cooked inside, heat will continue to be supplied by embers, if applicable, as well as the thermal mass of the walls and base.
  4. Add small pieces of fuel at a time to control the temperature.

The door may or may not be blocked off

Uses

Ovens are primarily used to cook food.

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