DuncanM : My CD arrived this morning (Fri 21st Jan) and it was only posted on 17th Jan. Which is extremely quick coming from Australia to the UK. Will be starting the build in May  Cant wait. |
| Rado : Oven building Cd's sent as of Wednesday 1st of February 2012, Chris B (FL - sent plus second Masterly Tail oven design), Margy S (Vic. +MTo). Sent on Tues. 31st of Jan., Peter V (Canada +MTo), David D (U.K. +MTo), Wendy & William (CA +MTo!!!), Karen M (RI +MTo). Sent on Mon. 30th of Jan., Andy (New Zealand +MTo fire bricks), Mark R (MD +MTo), Andre F (CA +MTo), Cheryl & Don (NC). Sent on Sun. 29th of Jan., Scott M (FL +MTo), Hannah D (WA +MTo), Shaun K (NSW +MTo!!!), and others who I've emailed about the posting, thank you and enjoy your ovens building, firing up and the cookindo grandissimo! |
| Rado : Oven building CD's sent as of Friday 27th of January 2012, Jeffrey N (Canada - sent plus 2nd Masterly Tail oven design), Lucas S (AL +MTo), Pete H (NSW +MTo), Michael D (New Zealand). Sent on Thur. 26th of Jan., Maria B (WA +MTo!!!), Tim R (U.K. +MTo), Bill O (TX +MTo). Sent on Wed. 25th of Jan., Roy S (England +MTo), Trevor J (Qld. +MTo), Kevin P (TX +MTo!!!), Patrick A (OH). Sent on Tues. 24th of Jan., Nikki & Jamie (U.K. +MTo!!!), Wayne J (WI), plus those people who I've emailed to about the posting, thank you and enjoy your ovens. Happy weekend to all TO visitors. |
| Rado : Oven building Cd's sent as of Monday 23rd of January 2012, Doug L (AZ - sent plus second Masterly Tail oven design), Sam W (U.K. +MTo), Gavin P (ACT +MTo), Andrew S (OR +MTo), Dick T (IL +MTo!!!), Matthew T (New Zealand), Michael N (East Africa). Sent on Fri. 20th of Jan., Mike B (MI +MTo), Norman W (CA +MTo!!!), Tom C (WA +MTo). Sent on Thur. 19th of Jan., Greg H (Canada +MTo!!!), Jeffrey J (AR +MTo), Ken M (NC +MTo). Sent on Wed. 18th of Jan., Milan Z (Vic. +MTo!!!), Peter D (WA +MTo), Peter N (TX +MTo). Sent on Tues. 17th of Jan., Matthew B (Canada +MTo), Laura G (U.K. +MTo), John B (WI +MTo), Michal G (Israel +MTo), John S (U.K. +MTo), Gwen R (Qld. +MTo!!!), Nick N (AZ +MTo), Giuseppe D (England), Gabriele W (NM), and those people who I've emailed my confirmation about the disks being posted during the week, thank you and enjoy your ovens; building, firing up and the cookindo grando! |
| Rado : Oven building CD's sent as of Friday 13th of January 2012, Peter G (Denmark - sent plus 2nd Masterly Tail oven design), Steven C (TX +MTo!!!), Jelenko L (Vic. +MTo). Sent on Thur. 12th of Jan., Tihomir T (MO +MTo), Wayne A (VA). Sent on Wed. 11th of Jan., Stephen (Vic. +MTo!!!), Romana S (CA +MTo!!!), Brandt W (NY +MTo), Tony D (Qld. +MTo!!!), Scott F (WA), plus other people who I have emailed to about the posting during the week, thank you and enjoy. Happy weekend to all builders and chefs. |
| Eric Sousa : Hey Rado got the CD in the mail yesterday 1-4-12 excellent. Can't wait till winter is over to get started. |
| David L : Hi Rado, thanks for sending me the disk, I received it on Tuesday. I have had a look at it and it is great. Now I can get on with the job. Thanks once again, David. |
| A & A : Thanks for your email and to let you know that we have received your dvd. Thanks for all the effort you have put into it. We can see you have a passion for what you do. The dvd is fantastic. |
| Greg B. : Rado, I think it's just the weather in Texas right now. It's been really nice. |
| Gino : Rado you legend! I have seen your oven design - a mate built one and now its my turn! I havent decided yet if I want to build a little larger MTO etc.. anyway - thank you so much! You are doing GREAT work. |
| DuncanM : This thermometer is beautiful, does anyone know where to buy a similar one? The thermometer photo from the Jamie's oven page on traditionaloven. |
| DuncanM : My CD arrived this morning (Fri 21st Jan) and it was only posted on 17th Jan. Which is extremely quick coming from Australia to the UK. Will be starting the build in May Cant wait. |
| bkf sam : Rado, my friend you are a genius! Finally able to enjoy all avenues of the disc thanks alot will be in touch down the road. As for now this tired old carpenter must rest his weary bones. Later Rad (added by Rado: Thanks Mate, sometimes my bones feel like that too ;-) Thank you everyone for your nice words! |
Digger : cheers Rado. Looking forward to starting on building.  |
| tomcro : Rado Thanks for the CD have made a start. Do you think hebel brick is o.k. for under firebrick base as insulation? added by Rado: definitely yes, ~10cm - 4" or a thicker layer. Hebel is a great material in so many aspects (where do you get Hebel blocks here in Qld. and how much???) However, as the insulation in there, I would place it rather under the dense floor slab on which firebricks sit, as per original, if the floor is to also absorb and retain more of the heat. Simply placed on without a mortar will do fine e.g. like with light-weight insulation-firebricks type. If free uneven left over pieces were used, the top slab will be easy to cast on top. My mum's house was built from Hebel blocks. I must write a page on this because it's becoming more and more in spotlight or common. |
| Tim D : Rado!! I got the CD in the mail on Monday! Thanks so much man, it rocks. Hopefully my wife lets me get out of the house to get started on it. I will send photos when I get it finished! Cheers, Tim |
| Pam : I have wanted one for 30 years and never knew how to make them.. it didn't seem like clay would do it over the long haul and concrete was not inspiring.. can't afford to buy one, therefore, I will build perhaps a much better oven THANK you for this website! added by Rado: thank you for your nice words about my work Pam. Where are you located? Sounds like 'the plan'. All the best. |
| Mel & Richard - Day to Day : Thanks very much for the DVD Rado. We've started building & can't wait for it to be finished! |
| Hillery : Just beginning the project today... a friend of mine and I will help build eachother's. Wish us luck. (added by Rado: All the best Hillery. Email me about how you progress.) |
| Paul_A : Got my building CD a couple of days ago, thanks for the VERY fast response, surprised how swiftly it arrived here in Canada. (added by Rado. You are very welcome Paul.) |
| Jan : Thanks Rado. I am really looking forward to get the CD's. I am so glad there are people like you. Like to get email to Anders from Denmark. Could you please send it? Happy summer...winter I guess. Jan |
| Kim : Sweet Stuff. Can't wait to build my own! |
| NancyO : Got the CD's. Thanks for the great, fast service! Can't wait to build one. |
| John : I had a pizza oven when I was stationed in sicily, and have been craving the food from one for the past 25 years. So as I am handy I want to build one thanks |
| Anders : Hi, just saw an oven based on your design close to me here in DK. Nice !! I have send you some money via Paypal but could not coment that way. I'm really looking forward to the CDs :-) All the best, A. added by Rado: thanks Anders, same to you and to all yours. I just emailed you, your pack is on the way to Denmark. |
| Rado : Happy long weekend every one. If you like, click my name for photo of 2 rabbits. |
| Keith W : Almost finished my Masterly Tail oven, first small firing last Sunday. Hope to use it for the first meal this weekend. Added by Rado: Gr8 pics! Thank you Keith. Will comment more on your oven & meals page when you save/publish it for yourself (* this applies to all other enthusiast cooks & bakers, builders, various other types of hobbyists, etc. interesting articles with pictures you may write and publish in TO blog now.) |
| Adam S : Hi Rado, received the plans and I am very impressed with your Masterly Tail oven on the disc. Anyone would be proud to own a similar oven. Thanks again for all you do! I gathered all the material and looking for some nice old looking roof tiles now. |
| Jim : Hey Rado, I got your CD today - Wow - Wanted to let you know and thank you again for putting all of this information out there for us - Will let you know how it all turns out. |
| Joseph : I always wanted old country cooking - you CD inspired me to build the oven. I am putting the concrete cladding on right now and hope to finish by the end of month. Thank you Rado for your superb instructions an |
| Jon B : Can't find fireclay. I have HeatStop 50, sand and possibly art-class style clay. Can I make something to lay the firebrick base on? Thanks! (added by Rado; Hi Jon, is the art class clay for pottery firing? (Don't use it if it's the play clay used only in sculpture classes.) Pottery or refractory shops sell proper coarse fireclay, costs little, you will only need 1 small bag for the whole job with leftover, and less than half a bucket for the sand/clay bed. Or find your own clay in the nature, read all about fireclay. |
| Dave B : Got the CD Friday, Slabs finished Sunday! (added by Rado: Dave, would you build for other people?) |
| Cheeko : Rado, do you think pea gravel would be a good filler for over the firebox and between the face and dome?? (added by Rado: Oh no, it wouldn't do what you want; pea gravel (from river) is heavy/dense it would absorb and conduct heat fast all around, just like the firebrick hot face and the whole dense part. For insulation in there use light-weight heat resistant stuff instead, if not Vermiculite, Perlite, blankets etc., fly ash in loose form filled in will do the same insul job in this temp range and over. However pea gravel will make a very nice ground deco around the oven, loose spread, or do you know how to mix/make own exposed aggregate!?) |
| Recession? : No way! What gets me through it much better than collecting stamps? During recessions the importance of intelligent pursuit counts. So... I will replace the old computer a bit later and rather do something my neighbours can see! :) Now is the time to invest into building my brick oven. Larry (added by Rado: good carriage, I hear the little voice in my head as well :) . Yep, do what it tells you regardless what can be seen on TV today. Remember the Y2K bug?) |
| Geo : Miss the traditional food made with wood fire. Brick ovens and stoves are slowly dissapearing with progress although we should not rely so much on progress. Efficient ovens and stoves consume little wood with very good results. |
| Rado : Redcross link to the 2009 Victorian bushfire FUND to assist individuals and communities affected by the devastating bushfires in Victoria. |
| John L : Very informative cd's, great website, lots of ideas - thank you! Now if I could only start building my oven right now, must wait till winter ends but still I am starting by making the wooden arch templates and to gather up all material. |
| Dada : Happy Valentine's Day to all pizza, roast + bread lovers. I hope it's romantic, enjoy cooking together! |
| Rado : Happy New Year 2009 (calendar) to all proper pizza, bread, roast lovers. It doesn't matter what suburb you live in, or how big is your house, it matters though whether you have wood fired brick oven and, how much food you cook in it for your family or, already how many people you've managed to feed till now! |
| Bob Brewer : Merry Christmas to all and to all great pizzas. Happy New Year |
| Deb : great site-lots of useful & important info, thanks for the sharing! |
| Carmen : Rado, my oven is finished and it looks great! We're cooking in Chicago. Should I send pictures to your gmail address? (added by Rado: Hi Carmen, yes pls send to pizzapaddle@gmail.com , larger photos and a text for your gallery page; what's cooking, what do family members, friends, have to say about new meals, atmosphere, etc..) |
| James F : Pix of my outdoor kitchen progress |
| Gary/CT USA : Recieved CD today, Thank You very much. Will keep you posted with progress. |
| Matthew WA : I've just emailed you a few pictures of the finished build the oven looks gr8. Cooked 14 absolutely fantastic pizzas with neighbours last weekend (dough from a-z pizza page), took day off from work today and I am roasting chicken / beef cannot get any better! |
| greg odonnell : thanks for the disk have started to build my dream oven two weeks ago cant wait it will be a fun project |
| Peter.C : Thanks rado great ifo mate cheers peter (added by R: Thanks Peter, all the best.) |
| Simon : Great site. Have a look at my guide. |
| Peter : Received my cd's and went through it all at home last weekend. We are going with the MTO. I'm incredibly grateful that u have put together such a fantastic workshop! Very useful. Thank |
| Kenneth G Kaiser : I am looking for a contractor to build my brick oven. I live in the Chicagoland area. Please contact me via my email address |
| martin prior : If you go to video page and select 3rd video down. That's our Rado oven |
| darkbeers : Anyone around Buford, Georgia USA who wants to see upclose an oven built with Rado's plans give a shout on the website and we can coordinate appropriately. |
| Tim H : Thanks Rado, I can't wait to get started. Tim |
| ivan pertovt : what a wonderful time we have had with our oven we made from your cd we are impresed thank you |
| Admin : click : We are saddened by the loss of life in Myanmar - Burma resulting from the recent cyclone. Link here is to join the recovery efforts, or to explore ways helping survivors of the cyclone. |
| Calvin : We received your CD thanks look forward to building it can't wait to use it cheers Calvin |
| Lynne Mason : Thank you for the great information on building these ovens. We are a custom green builder and will be building an oven in the courtyard area of our model home in Saint Augustine, FL |
| Rado : Thank you every one for your nice words, much appreciated. HAPPY weekend to every Mum! |
| Aaron D : Received the CDs yesterday. Thanks Rado, excellent photos and instructions. This will be a fun project! |
| JC in Va : Received the CDs thanks I will have to wait for warmer weather to get start but I am clearing out the site. Thanks again |
| Bob Brewer : Happy New Year to All! Wishing You the Best for 2008! Rado< Thanks for CDs and great website. I had received my CD last winter and designe an outdoor kitchen to go with it what a job- labor of love. I should have done just the oven but it will be great. |
| Manu : Done with Oven. Must be first Rado Oven in the Philippines. Temp on probe in the ceiling of oven is 400 Celsius. Haven't put in anything to cook yet. (added by rado: I know it was a test firing. Could put chicken with few potatoes in and close the Oven, it would cook - 2 tests in one go :-) Thanks for note, email pictures about what's cooking.) |
| Rado : Merry Christmas and we wish you a happy and safe holiday season and a fantastic New Year 2008 all 525 960 minutes of it! |
| Alex : Thank you for such quick shipment. Will be in touch soon. |
| Laura : I think the interent is great |
| Graham Kerr : Patrick K (ACT) let me know your e-mail address and I can show you the oven we have just built in Bruce |
| raz : G'day Rado, got the cd today. Can't wait to look through. Thanks for the speedy delivery and let's hope i can upload some photos for you one of these days. |
| ktmike@charte : 9 1/4 to 17 or 10 1/4 to 17 inches which would be better for ratio door to vault hight ??? thanks mike (added: 9 1/4 with rectangular entry, 10 1/4 if arched entry, but either arched will work well with dry kindling for starting fire. |
| Craig Lubbe : Hi Rado! Just to let you know that I received the CD you promised. Thank you very much! I am bust with my varsity exams currently, so once I'm on holiday I'll get started. The CD looks great! (added by Rado; thanks Craig send a photo when cooking) |
| Garnet : Thanks for the CD's Rado, I'm sure I will have fun having a go at building one of your designs. |
| Jade : I am using this website for my food technology lessons because we have to choose a country theme to base our food on. I have chosen Italy so I needed to make Pizza Whirls. Mainly I needed to find out |
| Steve aka G-M : G'Day Rado, The oven is finally done and I sent you the finished pictures for your web site,wish I could send you some home made wine as well...... |
| Matthew (E) : gr8 cd's Rado thanks masterly is so perfect will send pics as i go. just made wooden templates now getting all firebricks from claypave. cheers mate |
| DamianG : Hi Rado - Please help. I cant find the new forum. Is it still around. This was a fantastic resource. I have a fwe questions that I know were already answered on there. Thanks, Damian (added: Damian, click your name, it'll be public again later when I can administer it as I did before.) |
| J Austen : Rado, got your cd last week. Finished pouring our first slab on Sunday. Came out great! A note for all though, mixing almost a yard of concrete by hand is a very bad idea ;-) |
| yvette : hollander in hobart have refractory for any tassie people looking to purchase - otherwise it is not available anywhere |
| bron : awsome site thanx for the help |
| Rado : *** Andrew D (Au.) I need your postal addresses, it wasn't included, please send to: kangarado@gmail.com Emails I send to you return back. Thank you for now. |
| Greg Peters : Fantastic Site. ! |
| nigel : Dome is going on this weekend! Great plans make progress easy. I've put the MTO vault into the Swishy design - "Swishy Tail Oven". Thanks Rado |
| ferg McG : Thanks Rado ... got the CD ... going to be bulding my second oven soon ... i am gonna make a DVD about the making of this one too ! ( Yes, there is a DVD about the making of the first one... hehe.) |
| Frank : Thanks Rado, the CD arrived. It is really great and packed with detail. Very interesting. I write soon again. Frank - Germany |
| Chris F : Hi Rado. Great cd's. You have really put some effort into it. I can't wait to start building. |
| Simon W : Rado. CD recieved just had a quick look and that MTo is a work of art. Cheers from England. |
| Al : Got my cd today! thanks! will send pics when finished |
| Rado : Thank you guys for your nice words, much appreciated ! |
| Dean W (NH) : Rado, Got your DVD yesterday only took 5 days wow, looks great can't wait for the snow to go away |
| Stan Canada : Rado: Recieved your master CD everything is great, Thanks |
| Alan Lesak : Got the CD.great stuff |
| Rado : Happy long weekend every one. If you like, click my name for photo of 2 rabbits. |
| Ross D : received CD's excellent detail. Thanks |
| Al Lesak : Great site,Rado !! |
| Michael H : Thanks Rado got the thermometers today. |
| Kevin : Your work is excellent fantastic cds Rado. Will email photos early spring thanks man all the best to ya. |
| Rado : Happy Valentine's Day to all pizza lovers. I hope it's romantic for you, enjoy cooking together! |
| Michael H : Got the CD thanks Rado |
| Josie A : Hi Rado. Just to let you know we got the discs today. WOW! What great work!!! Thanks so much. Will send pictures. |
| ayberk : Hi Rado, I've just received the CDRom and I just can't wait to start building my first oven at my yard. Thanx a lot! |
| lsetters : Hey Rado, received the CD's yesterday. Very good job mate, can't wait to get started... |
| Agustin : Browsing in the internet, I saw your site and this inspired me to do my own brick oven, which I'm almost finished with. In thanksgiving, I cooked my first turkey for my family, and also I did my first pizza in wood fired oven. (added by Rado: thank you for your nice words Agustin!) |
| Anis : Rado, thanks so much. Got the cds. Will study it carefully since I don't have experience in this. Will build one soon. Thanks so much! |
| Jim : I am looking for an experienced oven builder around Hartford, CT. USA to build a simple pizza oven in my backyard. Please email me at qpac2004@yahoo.com Thank you very much. |
| Kat and Moori : Hi Rado, we got your MTo cd yesterday - it's great, thanks! Just need to work out how much to put under the verandah and how to fit in the chimney - it's all good!! |
| Eddie D : got the CD, cant wait to start building, ill keep in touch. ciao |
| Matthew (TX) : Received cd's today your work is great!!! Will post pictures of our oven. Thank you Matt |