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Pizza Oven Cost: What a Brick Pizza Oven Really Costs to Build
Here's the honest budget for a backyard brick oven: the kit, the fire brick or castable, the base and hearth slab, the chimney and the finish, with real prices for every BrickWood oven and where you can save.
A DIY brick pizza oven built from a BrickWood kit typically costs about $2,200 to $5,000 all in. That covers the kit, the fire brick or castable refractory, the insulated base and hearth slab, the chimney and a stucco shell. Where you land depends on the oven's size, how much you buy as a kit and your local material prices.
Labor is the biggest cost you skip by building it yourself. The rest is materials, and most of them are ordinary masonry supplies you can price at a local yard before you spend a dime. Below is what each oven costs, line by line, and where the money really goes.
Pizza Oven Cost: Quick Answers
- Typical DIY total: about $2,200 to $5,000 for a BrickWood oven on an insulated base.
- The kit: from $229.99 for a foam form to $3,449.99 for a complete kit with the refractory delivered.
- Fire brick or castable plus mortar: about $500 to $1,750 bought locally, depending on the oven.
- Base, hearth slab and stucco shell: about $700 to $1,300 in block, concrete, rebar and stucco.
- Extras: a veneer finish, a roof or counters add to the total. A damper is the best heat upgrade.
- Labor: most first-time builders finish over several weekends, plus curing time.
How Much Does a Brick Pizza Oven Cost? Cost by Oven
Here's a typical DIY build of each BrickWood oven: the oven kit (foam form, ceramic fiber blanket, BrickWood Exhaust Kit and door) from our store, with the refractory and base materials bought locally. Kit prices are current store prices. Local prices are typical ranges, so check with suppliers near you.
| Oven | Oven kit | Fire brick or castable + mortar (local) | Base, hearth slab and shell (local) | Typical total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattone Barile Firebrick barrel, feeds 1 to 8 | Package 3: $969.99 | 146 fire bricks + mortar: $500 to $1,000 | $700 to $1,200 | About $2,200 to $3,200 |
| Mattone Barile Grande Firebrick barrel, feeds 1 to 20 | Package 3: $999.99 | 180 fire bricks + mortar: $575 to $1,200 | $750 to $1,300 | About $2,300 to $3,500 |
| Cortile Barile Castable barrel, feeds 1 to 14 | Package 2: $1,699.99 | 9 bags castable, 50 fire bricks, high-temp mortar: $715 to $1,250 | $700 to $1,200 | About $3,100 to $4,200 |
| 28" Mattone Cupola Castable dome, feeds 1 to 20 | Form, blanket, exhaust kit with pipe and door: about $1,900 | 14 bags castable, 50 fire bricks, high-temp mortar: $1,015 to $1,750 | $700 to $1,200 | About $3,600 to $4,900 |
Want the lowest kit price on the Cortile Barile? Package 1 ($1,249.99) skips the door and tools. Our product page puts a typical Package 1 build, base included, at roughly $2,800 to $3,000.
How we figured it: local ranges assume typical masonry-yard prices of about $2.50 to $5 per fire brick and $60 to $100 per 55 lb bag of castable, plus block, concrete, rebar, form lumber, hearth insulation and stucco for the base. They don't include a decorative veneer, a roof, counters, delivery fees or permits.
Every package builds the same oven. The difference is how much you buy from us versus your local store. Kits ship free to the contiguous U.S.
What You'll Pay For, Line by Line
Every BrickWood build is two projects: the insulated base, then the oven on top of it. The base is mostly common masonry supplies. The oven is the foam form, fire brick or castable refractory, high-temp mortar, ceramic fiber blanket, a stucco shell and a chimney. Here's each piece and what it typically costs.
| Item | What it does | Typical cost |
|---|---|---|
| Foam form or molds | The patented form that shapes the oven and shows where every brick goes, or molds you pack with castable | $229.99 Mattone Barile, $259.99 Grande, $699.99 Cortile Barile, $999.99 28" Cupola |
| Fire brick | The firebrick cooking surface on every oven, plus the barrel itself on the Mattone Barile (146 total: 96 barrel + 50 cooking surface) and Grande (180 total: 130 barrel + 50 cooking surface) | Varies widely by supplier. See our fire brick or price it locally |
| Castable refractory | Poured shell for the Cortile Barile (9 bags) and 28" Cupola (14 bags), 55 lb bags | Varies by supplier. See our castable |
| High-temp mortar | Mix your own for the Barile ovens, or use premixed mortar on castable ovens | About $100 to $250 to mix your own |
| Ceramic fiber blanket | Required insulation around every BrickWood oven | $199.99 (6 lb) or $229.99 (8 lb) a box. Included in Package 2 and up |
| Base and hearth slab | Gravel, a reinforced concrete slab, a block stand and an insulated hearth slab | About $700 to $1,300 with the stucco shell |
| Chimney | BrickWood Exhaust Kit, plus a damper to hold heat | $299.99 without pipe, $449.99 with the 12" pipe. Damper $199.99 |
| Door | Heavy-duty 10-gauge steel door with white oak handles | $289.99 Barile series, $249.99 Cortile and Cupola |
| Exterior finish | Painted stucco, tile, brick or stone veneer | Painted stucco costs little extra. Veneer can add several hundred dollars or more |
The exact quantities for your oven and its base are on page one of the free pizza oven plans. Our DIY pizza oven materials list explains every item and where to find it.
Kit Plus Local Materials, or the Complete Kit?
There are two ways to buy a BrickWood oven. With Packages 1 through 3, you buy the form and accessories from us and pick up the fire brick, mortar or castable locally. That's usually the lowest total if there's a masonry or refractory supplier near you. If refractory is hard to find where you live, a complete kit brings it to your door.
| Complete kit | Adds to the oven kit | With the base |
|---|---|---|
| Mattone Barile Package 4: $3,299.99 | 146 fire bricks and 300 lb of refractory mortar, delivered | About $4,000 to $4,500 |
| Grande Package 4: $3,449.99 | 180 fire bricks and 350 lb of refractory mortar, delivered | About $4,200 to $4,750 |
| Cortile Barile Package 3: $2,999.99 | 500 lb of castable refractory and 50 fire bricks, freight delivery included | About $3,750 to $4,300 |
| 28" Cupola Package 2: $3,449.99 | 14 bags of castable refractory and 50 fire bricks, freight delivery included | About $4,200 to $4,750 |
What Makes a Pizza Oven Cost More (or Less)
Five things move the total most: the oven's size, how much you buy as a kit, delivery, the exterior finish and where the oven sits. A roof, a covered patio or an outdoor kitchen around the oven are separate projects with their own budgets.
- Size: the Grande needs 180 fire bricks and a 47" x 60" base. The Mattone Barile needs 146 bricks and a 47" x 56" base.
- Brick or castable: the Barile ovens are laid from fire brick and mortar. The Cortile Barile and 28" Cupola are poured from bags of castable refractory, then set on a firebrick cooking surface.
- Package level: each step up adds accessories you'd otherwise buy separately, for less than buying them one at a time.
- Delivery: freight and residential liftgate fees add up on heavy pallets. Picking up yourself is the cheapest option.
- Finish: painted stucco is the least expensive. Tile, brick or stone veneer cost more and aren't on the plans' materials list.
- Location: an oven near a wall, a roofline or tall trees may need a chimney pipe extension for a stronger draft. Our chimney guide explains why.
DIY vs. Hiring a Mason vs. a Pre-Built Oven
Building it yourself from a kit is the least expensive way to get a full-size brick oven, because labor is the biggest cost you skip. Most first-time builders spread a BrickWood build over several weekends, plus curing time. If the heavy concrete work worries you, you can hire out just the base and build the oven yourself.
| Option | What you pay for | Typical pace |
|---|---|---|
| DIY with a BrickWood kit | The kit and materials. Your time is the labor | Several weekends, plus curing |
| Hire out the base, build the oven | A mason or concrete crew for the slab and block stand, then the kit and oven materials | A few days for the base, then your weekends |
| Mason-built from scratch | Materials plus many days of skilled labor, which often costs more than the materials | Weeks to months |
| Pre-built oven | The finished oven and delivery. You still need a base, a chimney and equipment to set it in place | Delivery and placement |
If you've been comparing pizza oven prices online, many of the cheapest ovens are small portable models. They cook pizza, but they don't hold heat for bread, roasts and next-day cooking the way a brick oven does. Here's everything you can cook in a brick oven, and our honest take on how hard it is to build one.
8 Ways to Save Money on Your Pizza Oven Build
- Price it before you buy. Page one of the free plans is a complete materials list with quantities. Take it to your local supplier for a real number.
- Shop around. Fire brick, castable and block prices vary widely. One builder on our forum found the identical firebrick for $2 less per brick at a landscape supply yard: $400 saved on 200 bricks. Find masonry supply near you.
- Mix your own mortar for the Barile ovens. 3 parts silica sand, 1 part fire clay, 1 part hydrated lime and 1 part Portland cement. Here's how to make high-temp mortar.
- Buy a package, not parts. Grande Package 3 is $999.99. The same form, tool set, blanket, exhaust kit and door bought one at a time come to $1,224.95.
- Save on delivery. Pick up materials yourself, ask about terminal pickup, ship to a business, and bundle your masonry yard order into one delivery.
- Finish with stucco now, veneer later. Painted stucco is the least expensive finish. Brick, stone or tile can go on any time.
- Borrow or rent tools you'll only use once, like a masonry saw or a cement mixer.
- Spread the cost. Buy now and pay over time with Affirm at checkout. See financing.
Where Not to Cut Corners
Some savings cost you more later. These are the places to spend the money.
- Ceramic fiber blanket. It's required on every BrickWood oven. Skimp here and the oven heats slower, burns more wood and won't hold heat for baking. A second box is worth it in cold climates or for heavy use. Our insulation guide covers how much you need.
- Hearth insulation. The insulating layer under the firebrick cooking surface keeps heat in the oven instead of the base.
- The footing and base. A finished Mattone Barile weighs about 1,300 to 1,400 lb with its stucco shell, and the hearth adds about 1,750 lb more. Pour the slabs and set the rebar exactly as the plans show.
- Real fire brick. Regular brick doesn't belong inside an oven. Here's why regular brick won't work.
- The chimney. Many hardware-store exhaust kits are rated for home stoves and furnaces, not pizza oven heat, and many are zinc-coated. The BrickWood Exhaust Kit is double-wall stainless built to fit BrickWood ovens. We recommend the kit with the 12" pipe for a stronger draw and less smoke, plus a damper on the Barile ovens for up to 90% heat retention when compared to ovens without dampers.
- Curing time. Let concrete and refractory cure as long as the plans say. Fixing a crack costs more than waiting.
What Does a Pizza Oven Cost to Run?
Very little. A wood-fired brick oven burns dry, seasoned hardwood, with no gas line or fuel cartridges to buy. A well-insulated oven needs less wood to heat up and holds heat for hours after the fire dies, so one firing can cook pizza tonight and bread or a roast tomorrow.
Our guide to the best firewood for pizza ovens covers what to burn, and you can find firewood near you by ZIP code. Beyond wood, upkeep is simple: keep the chimney clear and touch up the stucco now and then.
Your pizza oven budget checklist
- Oven kit or package
- Fire brick, mortar or castable
- Base, hearth slab and hearth insulation
- Stucco shell and exterior finish
- Chimney, damper and door, if not in your package
- Delivery or pickup
- Tool rentals
- Local permit fees, if your town requires one
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a pizza oven cost?
A DIY brick pizza oven built from a BrickWood kit typically costs about $2,200 to $5,000 all in, including the kit, fire brick or castable, the insulated base and a stucco finish. Small portable pizza ovens cost less, but they don't hold heat for baking and roasting the way a brick oven does.
How much does it cost to build a brick pizza oven yourself?
Plan on about $2,200 to $3,500 for a Mattone Barile or Mattone Barile Grande, with the kit from us and the fire brick, mortar and base materials bought locally. Castable ovens like the Cortile Barile and 28" Mattone Cupola typically run about $2,800 to $4,900.
Is it cheaper to build a pizza oven or buy one?
Building it yourself is usually the least expensive way to get a full-size brick oven, because you skip the labor. A mason-built oven adds many days of skilled labor, and a pre-built oven still needs a base, a chimney and equipment to set it in place.
How much does a pizza oven base cost?
Plan on about $700 to $1,300 in local materials for the base, hearth slab and stucco shell: gravel, concrete, block, rebar, form lumber, hearth insulation and stucco. The free plans include a complete materials list with quantities so you can price it locally.
Do I have to buy the fire brick and mortar from BrickWood?
No. Packages 1 through 3 leave the fire brick, mortar or castable to you, so you can buy it locally. If refractory is hard to find near you, Mattone Barile and Grande Package 4, Cortile Barile Package 3 and 28" Cupola Package 2 include it, delivered by freight.
Can I finance a pizza oven kit?
Yes. You can buy now and pay over time with Affirm at checkout, with flexible monthly payments. Our financing page has the details.
Price Your Build Before You Buy a Thing
Our free plans include a complete materials list with quantities for every BrickWood oven and its base. Take page one to your local masonry yard and get a real number for your own backyard.
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BrickWood prices are as of November 2026 and may change. Current prices are always on each product page. Local material prices vary by region and supplier, so use these ranges as a starting point and get quotes near you. Always follow the plans for your specific BrickWood model and your local building codes.
