DIY Pizza Oven Plans: Wood-Fired Dome or Barrel Oven and Stand

The Wood-Fired Oven: the built-in wood-fired dome oven on a masonry stand

The piece

What you are building

Pizza oven plans PDF to build a backyard wood fired pizza oven: a concrete block stand with a wood storage bay, an insulated firebrick hearth, a 36 in dome (or a simpler barrel vault) with a door arch and a chimney, a smooth stucco finish, and a slatted prep counter with a stone top. If you can put together flat-pack furniture, you can follow these steps: numbered steps with one clear drawing each, lettered parts, block and brick counts, a cut list for the wood counter and a shopping list for each oven.

The build: a reinforced foundation slab, a 64 x 64 in stand of four courses of concrete block with a 32 in wide wood bay, a poured 5 in hearth slab, two layers of high-temperature insulation board and a firebrick floor 3 ft 6-1/2 in above the patio. The dome oven is 36 in wide and 22-1/2 in high inside with a 4-1/2 in firebrick wall, a 3 in insulating layer and a 1 in stucco finish in warm white or terracotta, an 18 x 14 in door arch with a small arched tunnel in front, and a 4 ft chimney stack. The barrel vault uses the same stand, floor, door, layers and chimney. The prep counter is 3 ft 3 in wide, 36-1/2 in high, made from standard 8 ft 2x4s in tight horizontal slats with a lower shelf and a stone top, and it stands 36 in or more from the oven. About 80 hours of work over six weekends, plus time for the concrete and stucco to cure and five days of curing fires. The oven and stand weigh several tons: a foundation is required.

Who these plans are for

First-time builders who can follow flat-pack instructions and want a backyard wood fired oven without a kit price, with a shopping list for the masonry supplier and the lumberyard.

How the set works

Pick your oven, read the safety sheet, check your permits, burn rules and the right spot with the site plan, read how the plans work, then follow eleven numbered steps with one drawing each, with the block, brick and bag counts and the shopping list for your oven, plus a curing schedule, finishing, a budget planner and a yearly check log.

Sheets inside

Pick your oven, Safety and clearances, Check your rules and your site, How to read the plans, Tools and rentals, then for each oven: the finished piece, the layers, the parts and the cut list, one page per numbered step, and the shopping list and hardware. Also Cure your oven, Finishing and care, Budget planner, Yearly check log and a Quick-reference card.

In the download

Materials cost workbook (Excel and Google Sheets)
Every sheet as its own printable page (ZIP)
Printable plans (PDF)
How to open the workbook in Google Sheets (PDF)

Build cost

Price the build before you buy a board

These are the materials lists from the plans themselves, priced at typical US home-center prices. Type your own prices to see your total. Hardware and finishes link to Amazon so you can compare.

MaterialQtyHome-center estimateHardware links

Concrete mix, 80 lb bagsFoundation, about $8 per bag 63 bags $

Rebar D, 1/2 inFoundation, about $2.5 per stick 12 sticks $

Rebar tie wire, 16 gauge, and 40 rebar chairs or small stonesFoundation, about $4 per set 1 set $

2x6 x 8 ft lumber for the foundation form, and 12 wood stakesFoundation, 4 boards, 8 ft assumed 4 boards $

Gravel base, 3/4 in crushed stoneFoundation, about $48 per cu yd 0.6 cu yd $

Concrete block B, 8 x 8 x 16 inStand, about $8 per each 66 each $

Half block C, 8 x 8 x 8 inStand, about $2.5 per each 20 each $

Type S mortar mix, 80 lb bagsStand, about $8 per bag 5 bags $

3/4 in plywood, 4 x 8 ft sheets, for the hearth slab formStand, about $62 per sheet 2 sheets $

2x4 x 8 ft, temporary shores and form edgesStand, 8 boards, 8 ft assumed 8 boards $

Insulation board F, high-temperature, 1-1/2 in x 24 x 36 in, rated 1,800 F or moreHearth, about $3.5 per board 8 boards $

Firebrick G, 9 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2 in, medium duty, rated 2,000 F or moreHearth, about $3.5 per each 249 each $

Refractory mortar, premixed, air-setting, rated for 2,000 F or moreHearth, about $8 per pails (5 gal) 3 pails (5 gal) $

FireclayHearth, about $3.5 per set 1 set $

Play sand, 50 lb bags, for the dome formOven, about $7 per bag 22 bags $

Newspaper and a plastic tarpOven, about $2.5 per set 1 set $

Plywood template, 1/2 in, 12 x 24 inOven, about $7 per each 1 each $

Oven door: a steel or cast iron arched door, or a thick hardwood plug doorOven, about $120 per each 1 each $

Clay flue liner H, 8 x 8 in, 24 in long, rated for solid fuelChimney, about $45 per each 2 each $

Rain cap, steel or clay, to fit an 8 x 8 in linerChimney, about $40 per each 1 each $

Insulating mix J: coarse vermiculite or perlite, 4 cu ft bagsFinish, about $30 per bag 2 bags $ Find on Amazon

Binder for the insulating mix: heat-rated refractory cementFinish, about $8 per cu ft 1.5 cu ft $

Galvanized expanded metal lath, 2-1/2 x 8 ft sheetsFinish, about $30 per sheet 4 sheets $ Find on Amazon

Exterior stucco mix, 80 lb bags, plus a finish coat in warm white or terracottaFinish, about $19 per bag 12 bags $ Find on Amazon

Masonry sealer, breathable, for stuccoFinish, about $45 per gallon 1 gallon $ Find on Amazon

2x4Lumber, 168 ft at about $1.20 per ft 21 boards $

#10 x 3 in exterior wood screwsCounter, about $11 per boxes of 100 1 boxes of 100 $ Find on Amazon

#8 x 2-1/2 in exterior deck screwsCounter, about $11 per boxes of 100 2 boxes of 100 $ Find on Amazon

Exterior wood glueCounter, about $7 per each 1 each $ Find on Amazon

Stone top S: natural stone, concrete-look or porcelain slab, 40 x 28 x 1.5 inCounter, about $8 per each 1 each $

Exterior construction adhesive, 10 oz tubeCounter, about $7 per tube 2 tubes $ Find on Amazon

Felt or rubber furniture padsCounter, about $1 each 8 each $ Find on Amazon

Exterior stain and sealer, or exterior primer and paintCounter, about $19 per quart 3 quarts $ Find on Amazon

Sandpaper, 120 and 180 gritCounter, about $9 per pack 1 pack $

Fire extinguisher, 5 lb, rated for ordinary firesSafety, about $35 per each 1 each $ Find on Amazon

Infrared thermometerSafety, about $30 per each 1 each $ Find on Amazon

Heat-resistant gloves rated for 500 F or more, a long-handled brush and a metal ash bucket with a lidSafety, about $20 per set 1 set $ Find on Amazon

Carbon monoxide alarm, battery-powered, for any room nearbySafety 1 each not in estimate Find on Amazon

Wooden pizza peel, 12 to 14 in head, and a long metal peelOptional 1 set not in estimate

Estimated materials, dome oven $3,618 Our range: $2,890 to $4,160, not counting 2 items you choose yourself