Rockcote Traditional Arts
A Natural Choice for your Backyard
A Pizza oven from Clay, Sand and Straw
Rockcote Pizza Ovens are crafted from Clay, Sand, Straw, Water, and a binder, mixed and compacted together and made into brick wet bricks called cob's. These cobs are then used to build the oven.
Why would you build a Pizza Oven out of Cob?
- Cob is suited to the high temperatures that exists in ovens, like most thing made of clay.
- Cob is plentiful, natural, and carbon neutral.
- Cob has excellent thermal mass
- Cob is much easier to work with than bricks and mortar.
- Cob can be sculpted into the Artistic shapes and designs, that you dream up.
Pyramid Technology
The Egyptians used a special cement to cast the complicated and difficult parts of their Pyramids. In addition to be a very strong building material, this cement behaves like the refractive material that most commercial ovens are cast with.
We recycle post industrial waste to make this pyramid inspired cement, that we call Firestone. We use Firestone to cast the oven door and archway of the pizza ovens.
We cast the the door and archway as it allows for precise control over the temperature of the oven. Turning an out of control, wood guzzling, pizza burner into an super efficient oven, that heats up fast, and the temperature control you need to bake cakes, roast meat & vegetables, and bake bread.
Raising Your Oven
If you want an pizza oven, there is a way to get one, no matter what your age, skills, or situation.