I'm sure most of us don't have a Tandoor, but has anyone ever tried the method Alton Brown came up with on his Good Eats show? He used a terra cotta pot.
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Hmmm... I have neither tried Brown's method nor do I have my own. However... I feel like I have a new weekend project because I love tandoori chicken. -
I've not tried it but thought often of building one. There are multiple build threads on the net involving flower pots. They don't look too bad.Comment
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I haven't found a link to the entire episode online, I remember watching it years ago. As I recall he had a specific procedure he used to get the pot as hot as your typical tandoor. Something like half a chimney, wait 15, another half a chimney, blah blah. I remember him using an infrared thermometer to check the temps. I'm sketchy on the details, but you know how thorough he is, so if you find the entire episode I'm pretty sure he didn't leave anything out.Comment
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I've seen it done several times here in Sweden, by bbq afficionados wanting to try a new thing. They put two clay pots together, one upside down (of course), so the whole 'oven' is slightly thicker in the middle. I can't remember what they used for filling material, but the ovens were dead cheap to make and worked exceptionally well.Comment
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I believe this is the episode you're talking about? You click the play button on the picture of the rib roast and the episode plays.Comment
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The AB home-made tandoor expisode you're looking for is Good Eats Season 13, Episode 16 ("The Curious Case of Curry"). If found it on Hulu but haven't located a free version to stream. If I stumble across it, I'll post the URL here.Comment
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Found this on making a DIY tandoor oven (a bit more elaborate than AB's ... but basically the same principle): http://icreatived.com/2015/08/make-a...oor-oven.html/Comment
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... and here's another (with detailed instructions) from Jamie Oliver: http://www.jamieoliver.com/jimmytandoori/to.pdf
Just google "DIY tandoor oven" for lots of results.Comment
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