The dome
The idea of a dome shaped instruction is to evenly cook the top of pizzas. A dome is also an ideal construction shape to build a masonry oven chamber that holds itself up (essentially ‘falling’ into itself). This is important as cracks normally develop in the structure over time.
In dissecting a pizza oven dome are usually four basic layers.
- The inner layer
- The insulation layer
- The shaping and/or waterproofing layer
- The decorative layers