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FREE Pizza Oven Plans – How to Build a Brick Pizza Oven

Step-by-step plans that show you exactly how to build a brick pizza oven, from the slab and block stand to the oven, chimney and finish. You get plans for every BrickWood oven and its base, with complete materials and tools lists, emailed to you as PDFs. No masonry experience needed.

One email gets you every plan: all four pizza ovens, plus the Armageddon Oven and Fire Pit Grill.

  • PDF plans + materials lists
  • All 4 ovens & their bases
  • Trusted by thousands of first-time builders
Mattone Barile red brick pizza oven on a concrete block base with firewood storage, built by a BrickWood customerMattone BarileFire brick barrelServes 1–8Mattone Barile Grande brick pizza oven with firewood storage, built by a BrickWood customerBest SellerMattone Barile GrandeFire brick barrelServes 1–20Stucco Cortile Barile pizza oven with firewood storage, built by a BrickWood customerCortile BarileCastable barrelServes 1–1428 inch Mattone Cupola dome pizza oven finished in metallic tile, built by a BrickWood customer28" Mattone CupolaCastable domeServes 1–20

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Pizza Oven Plans for Every BrickWood Oven

Barrel or dome, fire brick or castable refractory: each of our four brick pizza oven designs has its own set of outdoor pizza oven plans, and you get them all. Every set covers the oven and its insulated base, so you can compare before you choose.

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Pages from the FREE BrickWood pizza oven plans: materials list, tools list and illustrated step-by-step instructions
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What's in the FREE Pizza Oven Plans?

Each PDF plan set is a colorfully illustrated, step-by-step set of building plans for one BrickWood oven and its insulated base. Page one is a complete shopping list, and the drawings are dimensioned well enough to hand straight to your HOA or building department.

  • Plans for all four ovens and their bases
  • Complete materials list with quantities
  • Tools list, so you know what to rent or borrow
  • Dimensioned drawings: base, block layout and rebar
  • Illustrated steps from the slab to the first fire
  • Emailed to you as PDFs, ready to print

BONUSThe Armageddon Oven and Fire Pit Grill Kit plans come in the same email.

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You're Building the Base Anyway. Build the Oven Too.

A pre-built oven still needs a slab, a block stand and an insulated hearth under it, and that part is on you either way. Build the oven with the same tools and materials from the same store, and you get a real brick oven for a fraction of what a pre-built oven costs.

Slab
Block stand
Insulated hearth

You build these either way

The ovenSame tools. Same store. Our patented form shapes it.
Your brick ovenBuilt by you, for a fraction of a pre-built

Buy a pre-built oven

  • You still pour the slab and build the base
  • You pay for the factory build, plus freight on a heavy oven
  • Factory size and finish, take it or leave it
  • Thousands of dollars before the first pizza

Build it with BrickWood

  • The same trowel, mixer and level you used on the base
  • Fire brick, block and mortar from your local masonry supply, or fire brick from us with FREE shipping
  • Our patented form shapes the oven, so it comes out right the first time
  • Your size, your finish: stucco, stone, tile or brick

Same tools. Same store. Thousands saved.

“Highly recommended for the do-it-yourselfer rather than paying $3,500 or more to have someone else build it. … The experience of building this with my dad was priceless!”
Herman D., verified buyer
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Step by step

How to Build a Pizza Oven

To build a brick pizza oven, pour a reinforced concrete slab, build a concrete block stand, cast an insulated hearth and lay the firebrick cooking surface. Then build the oven over a pre-shaped form, wrap it in ceramic fiber blanket, add the chimney, finish the outside and cure it with six days of small fires.

  • TimeA few weekends of work. 2 to 4 weeks to your first pizza.
  • WeightAbout 3,500 lb with the base, so it gets its own slab.
  • Clearance5 ft overhead, 3 ft from walls, fences and trees.
  • Skill levelNo masonry experience needed. The form holds the shape.
  1. 1

    Pick the spot and check codes

    Call your city and HOA first, then call 811 before you dig. Face the oven opening into the prevailing wind.

  2. 2

    Pour the foundation slab

    Compact a gravel bed, tie the rebar grid from your plans and pour a reinforced concrete slab about 5 1/2" thick.

  3. 3

    Build the block stand

    Mortar 8 x 8 x 16 concrete block (cinder block), checking level on every course. Five courses puts the oven at a comfortable cooking height.

  4. 4

    Cast the insulated hearth

    Pour the hearth slab upside down on the ground around a foam insert. It cures while you build the stand, then the void gets a vermiculite or perlite fill.

  5. 5

    Lay the firebrick cooking surface

    Dry-lay fire brick in a herringbone pattern with no mortar, so your pizza peel slides cleanly and the bricks can expand with the heat.

  6. 6

    Build the oven over the form

    Lay fire brick and refractory mortar over the patented foam form (Barile ovens), or pack castable refractory into the molds (Cortile Barile and Cupola).

  7. 7

    Insulate, vent and finish

    Wrap the oven in ceramic fiber blanket, install the BrickWood Exhaust Kit, then add chicken wire and stucco. Leave it stucco or finish it in stone, tile or brick.

  8. 8

    Cure it and fire it up

    Once the foam form is out, let the oven air-dry for a few days, then build one small fire a day for six days. Then it's pizza night.

Timeline of typical cure and dry times for each pizza oven build stage, from the foundation slab to the curing fires before the first pizza night

Most of the calendar is curing time

The hands-on work fits into a few weekends. The slab, the hearth insulation, the oven shell and the stucco each need time to cure, and then six days of small fires dry the oven out. Plan on two to four weeks from breaking ground to your first pizza.

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Sizes & specs

Pizza Oven Dimensions for All Four BrickWood Ovens

BrickWood ovens range from a 616 sq in dome to a 996 sq in barrel, with 14" to 18.5" interior ceilings. The Mattone Barile, Cortile Barile and 28" Mattone Cupola all sit on a 47" x 56" insulated base, and the Mattone Barile Grande uses a 47" x 60" base.

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Pizza oven dimensions and specs for the Mattone Barile, Mattone Barile Grande, Cortile Barile and 28 inch Mattone Cupola
SpecsMattone BarileBest SellerMattone Barile GrandeCortile Barile28" Mattone Cupola
Oven shapeBarrelBarrelBarrelDome
Built withFire brick + refractory mortarFire brick + refractory mortarCastable refractory5-piece shellCastable refractory1-piece dome
Firebrick cooking surface704 sq in996 sq in24" x 41.5"810 sq in616 sq in28" round
Interior ceiling height17"18.5"14"14"
Insulated base footprint47" x 56"47" x 60"47" x 56"47" x 56"
Serves1–8 people1–20 people1–14 people1–20 people
DIY difficulty 3/5 3/5 2/5 2/5
Refractory needed6 bags (300 lb)refractory mortar7 bags (350 lb)refractory mortar9 bags (55 lb each)castable refractory14 bags (55 lb each)castable refractory
Matching oven door19.25" H x 27.5" W19.25" H x 27.5" W11" H x 20" W11" H x 20" W
Chimney6" double-wall stainless6" double-wall stainless6" double-wall stainless+ 12" pipe6" double-wall stainless+ 12" pipe
Chimney damperRecommendedRecommendedRecommendedNot neededthe door seals the oven
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Exact measurements for each oven, base and chimney are in its FREE plans.

BrickWood 47 by 56 inch pizza oven base diagram showing the foundation slab, concrete block stand, insulated hearth slab and firebrick cooking surface

Every BrickWood oven sits on the same kind of base

A reinforced slab on compacted gravel, a concrete block stand and an insulated hearth topped with the firebrick cooking surface. The finished base weighs about 2,500 lb and the oven adds roughly another 1,000, so it gets its own foundation, never an existing patio.

  • 47" x 56" base: Mattone Barile, Cortile Barile and 28" Mattone Cupola
  • 47" x 60" base: Mattone Barile Grande
  • Full blueprints in the plans: slab, block layout and rebar
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Shopping list

Pizza Oven Materials: What You'll Need

Most of what you need comes from your local masonry or landscape supply: gravel, rebar, concrete, block, mortar and stucco. The specialty items are the patented form, fire brick, refractory mortar or castable, and ceramic fiber blanket. We ship those, and page one of your plans lists the exact quantities.

From your local masonry supply

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  • Crushed gravel and rebar
  • Concrete mix and 8 x 8 x 16 concrete block
  • Mortar mix and stucco
  • Vermiculite or perlite for the hearth insulation
  • Chicken wire for the stucco shell
  • Lumber and foam board for the forms
  • Stone, brick or tile veneer (optional finish)
Masonry supply near youFire brick near youRefractory dealers near you

Shipped from BrickWood

The specialty pieces, made for BrickWood ovens and shipped to your door.

Mattone Barile patented foam pizza oven formPatented foam formThe one piece you can't buy locallyFull-size fire brick for a pizza ovenFire brickReal refractory brick, ships FREEBrickWood dry refractory mortar, 50 lb bagRefractory mortarOutdoor-safe, for laying fire brickBrickWood castable refractory, 55 lb bagCastable refractoryFor the Cortile Barile & 28" CupolaRequiredCeramic fiber blanket roll for pizza oven insulationCeramic fiber blanketRequired insulation for every wood fired ovenBrickWood Exhaust Kit: stainless anchor plate, chimney cap and spark arrestorBrickWood Exhaust KitDouble-wall stainless, sized for BrickWood ovens
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Built from these plans

Real Backyard Brick Ovens

Every homemade pizza oven here started with the same FREE plans you're about to get. Then each family finished it their own way.

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Best DIY wood oven kit!

We ordered the Mattone Barile kit, and it was so easy to build and looked amazing once completed. Neighbors, family and friends have asked us to help them build their own.
Pedro V., verified buyer

Fantastic!

I hosted a pizza party and cooked 12 pies for friends and family, then loaded baked beans in and closed it up. That night, temperatures fell to single digits, and when I woke up, the oven was still 180 degrees!
Robert H., verified buyer
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Questions

Pizza Oven Plans FAQ

Are the pizza oven plans really free?

Yes, 100% FREE. Enter your email and the plans for every BrickWood oven arrive in your inbox as PDFs: all four pizza ovens and their bases, plus the Armageddon Oven and Fire Pit Grill Kit. No purchase and no credit card needed.

Do I need a BrickWood kit to use the plans?

You can read every page before you buy anything. The oven plans are written around our patented foam forms, which hold the shape for you, and that is what makes the build doable for a first-timer. The form is also the one piece you can't buy at a masonry yard. See the pizza oven kits.

How much does it cost to build a brick pizza oven?

It depends on the oven, your finish and local prices. Page one of every plan set is a complete materials list, so you can price your whole build at your local masonry supply before you buy anything. Because a pre-built oven needs the same base, building the oven yourself saves most builders thousands.

How long does it take to build a pizza oven?

Most builders put in a few weekends of hands-on work. Concrete, refractory and stucco all need time to cure, though, so plan on two to four weeks from breaking ground to your first pizza.

Do I need masonry experience to build a brick pizza oven?

No. Our patented forms hold the shape, so you lay fire brick or pack castable refractory over a guide instead of shaping an arch by eye. Thousands of first-time builders have finished a BrickWood oven with these FREE step-by-step plans.

What size pizza oven should I build?

For family pizza nights and smaller patios, the Mattone Barile serves 1 to 8. The Cortile Barile serves up to 14. For big parties, the Mattone Barile Grande and 28" Mattone Cupola each serve up to 20. The dimensions table above compares cooking surface, ceiling height and base size.

Where can I buy fire brick and refractory materials?

Your local masonry or landscape supply carries most of the list, and refractory dealers stock the high-heat materials. Use our store locator to find both near you, or order fire brick, refractory mortar, castable refractory and ceramic fiber blanket from BrickWood.

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