SimpleNick Blog

John Fernley 0

John Fernley’s Tandoor Kippers

Tandoor Variation This is a another variation of my original tandoor built by John Fernley. In this post I show him cooking Tandoor Kippers, and they look gorgeous. I originally posted this on my...

simplenick pizza oven 1

Dave Chislett

Dave Chislett’s Fire or Heatproof Screed Pizza Oven First I have to start by thanking Dave Chislett, for letting me share the pizza oven he built on my website. I have got a huge...

simplenick flowerpot pizza oven 0

Daniel Chant

Daniel Chant’s terracotta pot inspired Pizza Oven Admit it! when you looked at the picture above you were drawn to the cool pizza sign. It is those simple finishing touches that make it. So...

simplenick pizza oven 0

Gopal Ladva

Gopal’s Pizza Oven Lots to like about this pizza oven from Gopal. Similar in design to my my brick oven, but with Gopal’s tweaks. I love the shape of the dome, looks really professional!...

tandoor bread 0

Fresh Bread cooked in your Tandoor

Cooking Bread in  a Flowerpot Here we have tandoor bread, not your typical Indian bread, but a bread cooked inside a flower pot inside your tandoor. This is a really simple recipe, but has...

High temperature Tandoor 0

High Temperature Tandoor

Several people have been asking me how is my latest Tandoor going and have I completed it yet? As you can see from the picture it is going well, but I haven’t finished it...

Anthony's Chicken 0

Anthony’s Chicken and Naan’s

Anthony shared these pictures of his Tandoor in action after watching my video. These are excellent pictures, and just think, you can do this in your garden as well.  He also shared some details on his build, the...

Classic home made Clay Pizza Oven 0

Ash’s Clay Pizza Oven

Here is a lovely clay pizza oven built by Ash. He started with the classic sand dome which he covered with clay. In the picture on the right you can see the core clay...

Best clay for Pizza Oven 0

Where to get Clay and how much does it cost

Must be summer as I have had lots of people asking me questions on the clay oven. The number one question is where did you get your clay from, as I am having trouble sourcing...

Pots sizes for Tandoor build 2

What size pots to use for the Tandoor

A common question I am asked is what size pots did you use for the Tandoor. For the original small Tandoor, the measurements were as follows: Outside pot = 33cm high x 37cm diameter...