Jonty Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 I’ve been wanting to make a tandoor oven for ages after I saw someone make one out of plant pots. It was very easy to make (took two hours max) but I must admit I had some spare firebricks and vermiculite kicking around for another project. I mixed cement with the vermiculite so it’ll be a while before it’s gone off and I get to try it out. It was good fun to make though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 i made one out of a big old clay chimney pot.(did mine horizontal)..........tandori is my fave done in a tandor ....will wait to see your results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Excellent! 👍I love Tandoor food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Good effort,more should do it. It shouldn't take too long to dry, a few small fires in it will help out with that. You won't crack the pot and the insulation will stop any heat getting through easily. I made a pizza oven using a barrell coated with the same 5 /1 mix of vermiculite to cement. About 1.5 inches maybe 2 with render over the top and painted. The heat insulation is amazing. The oven gets to over 1100.c and you can rest you hand on the outside with it being just warm. I suspect yours will reach similiar temps if needed (you won't need over 400.c normally). What you got planned for the first meal? Tonight when I've slept off the night shift we are having tandoori chicken, doesn't take long and taste amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted August 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, GingerCat said: Good effort,more should do it. It shouldn't take too long to dry, a few small fires in it will help out with that. You won't crack the pot and the insulation will stop any heat getting through easily. I made a pizza oven using a barrell coated with the same 5 /1 mix of vermiculite to cement. About 1.5 inches maybe 2 with render over the top and painted. The heat insulation is amazing. The oven gets to over 1100.c and you can rest you hand on the outside with it being just warm. I suspect yours will reach similiar temps if needed (you won't need over 400.c normally). What you got planned for the first meal? Tonight when I've slept off the night shift we are having tandoori chicken, doesn't take long and taste amazing. Thanks mate, I’m going to give it a week or two just to be on the safe side - I like the sound of the barrel pizza oven, the firebricks and vermiculite are hopefully going on an oven when I get around to it. For the first meal, I’m hoping to wrap a freshly baked naan around a piping hot skewer full of tandoori chicken….. that’s what I have pictured in my head - the end results may be somewhat different 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Youtube is your friend when it comes to recipes and tips. You really don't need to wait 2 weeks. 3 days maybe 5 tops is fine. Your clay pots will be fine. The cement mix don't matter and wont budge an inch. The outer is metal that won't get even slightly hot. Your good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Brilliant ! will look forward to the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 I fired it up last night for its’ test run. I think I have a little more fettling to do to improve airflow, but all in all, I was really happy with the end results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 That food looks delicious 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 take it that the half onions are heat deflectors ?? never even thought of that....take the outer skin off ...good to go eh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, mel b3 said: That food looks delicious 👍. Thanks Mel, it was pretty good - and good fun to cook too. 1 minute ago, ditchman said: take it that the half onions are heat deflectors ?? never even thought of that....take the outer skin off ...good to go eh ? They were actually sacrificial spuds ditchman , but yes, just to act as a heat deflector and a stopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) Excellent Jonty, I like what you have achieved there. Have you still got any hairs left on your arms? Edited September 3, 2022 by yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, yates said: Excellent Jonty, I like what you have achieved there. Have you still got any hairs left on your arms? 😀 I know what you mean - it was a tad warm! I used welding gauntlets for sticking the naans to the inside…… and picking them up when they dropped onto the coals…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 That looks great and very delish 😋 How did the naans do ? Good or cremated 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickanles Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Top Darts Brilliant 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted September 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 17 hours ago, JKD said: That looks great and very delish 😋 How did the naans do ? Good or cremated 😀 Thanks, in the end I don’t think the oven was hot enough so they stuck a little - they tasted good but I need a little work on improving airflow to the base I think in order to get it hotter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Excellent - nothing less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Jonty said: Thanks, in the end I don’t think the oven was hot enough so they stuck a little - they tasted good but I need a little work on improving airflow to the base I think in order to get it hotter. Yup, appears to be a dark art cooking naans that way 👺😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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