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Regular bricks vs. fire bricks
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wbradking
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Can I use regular bricks in the egg to raise the grate in the dome or should I look at getting fire bricks?
Franklin, TN
Large BGE+PSWoo2
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My understanding is that they will nothold up the heat. Might just simply break but there is also the possibility of some more interesting results such as violently breaking.
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I use some leftover paver stones on my egg (have used them for pizza cooks in excess of 500) and have not had one break (yet).---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.____________________Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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I've used regular bricks and fire bricks. Both work well.
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Have you thought about getting one of Weber's 18 inch cooking grids and just installing four 3-inch SS carriage bolts to it with nuts and washers so you can simply set it on your base cooking grid? I've done this over 2 years ago, and it works great!John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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You don't want to use regular brick if you're building a wood fired oven. Over time, they will start to flake, adding some interesting texture to your food. For what you're doing, you'll be fine.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
@jaydub58 Yeah, I've seen pic's of that and it looks like something I'll try out.
@Carolina_Q Noted. I guess if they do flake out, they'll just drop down to the fire ring.
Franklin, TNLarge BGE+PSWoo2 -
Concrete is OK, Clay not so much. I prefer fire brick, will last a long time and you can clean burn them without worry.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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I've been using regular paver bricks since day one. No problems. Even when I'm doing pizza.
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