Zwiefel
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A friend and fellow Indian food fanatic had an idea to make a homemade tandoor. Here's our little project...
Core items, an inverted terracotta pot, and a metal trashcan.
Lay out firebrick, and trace bottom of trashcan. Cut slightly inside the lines for a snug fit.
Not bad for my first time cutting masonry.
Now that the floor is cut, make a ring with the firebricks, to rest the teracotta pot on:
Leave a gap to create a hole for ash maintenance and airflow.
D@mn, that stuff makes a big mess...
Insert the terracotta pot, after cutting the bottom off, then fill in the gap with river rock to stabilize the structure and add thermal mass.
Coating of coconut oil to season the teracotta:
Going to burn about 20 lbs of hardwood lump charcoal to season the terracotta and allow any off-gassing to complete:
If weather cooperates, dinner later: tandoori chicken and Salmon, veg kebob, naan, maybe a few other things....
Core items, an inverted terracotta pot, and a metal trashcan.
Lay out firebrick, and trace bottom of trashcan. Cut slightly inside the lines for a snug fit.
Not bad for my first time cutting masonry.
Now that the floor is cut, make a ring with the firebricks, to rest the teracotta pot on:
Leave a gap to create a hole for ash maintenance and airflow.
D@mn, that stuff makes a big mess...
Insert the terracotta pot, after cutting the bottom off, then fill in the gap with river rock to stabilize the structure and add thermal mass.
Coating of coconut oil to season the teracotta:
Going to burn about 20 lbs of hardwood lump charcoal to season the terracotta and allow any off-gassing to complete:
If weather cooperates, dinner later: tandoori chicken and Salmon, veg kebob, naan, maybe a few other things....