Some of you might remember that a few years ago I built a backyard tandoor oven out of terracotta pots and a large ceramic planter. It worked quite well, although there was a bit of a learning curve which I was still in the middle of. During the following winter, the cover I had on it failed. It got water in between the cooking chamber and the containment vessel, froze and the containment vessel cracked and collapsed. I have been wanting to build another one but the larger ceramic decorative planets used for the containment vessel are generally too expensive. This past weekend Ollie's was running a special on ceramic planters and I found a suitable one for $30. So today I started my second tandoor build. Here are some photos. I still have to add the insulation materials and some kind of ring to hold the insulation in and keep it from blowing away in a stiff breeze.
Here are all of the materials needed to build it:
The little saucer pieces hold the bottom cooking pot up off of the bottom of the container. It also allows air flow.
Ventilation/intake holes drilled in the bottoms of the containment and cooking vessels:
The upper and lower pots stacked together. Three bottom had been cut off of the upper pot.
Here are all of the materials needed to build it:
The little saucer pieces hold the bottom cooking pot up off of the bottom of the container. It also allows air flow.
Ventilation/intake holes drilled in the bottoms of the containment and cooking vessels:
The upper and lower pots stacked together. Three bottom had been cut off of the upper pot.
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