29 Free DIY Pizza Oven Ideas – How to Make a Pizza Oven

Buying a pizza oven can cost you hundreds of dollars, if not thousands. But what if we tell you that you can DIY your own pizza oven for much less? We’re not kidding. Among these brilliant DIY pizza oven ideas, you’ll find designs that cost you as low as $30.

And most of these DIYs make a wood-fired pizza oven. How great is that?

We cannot wait any longer! Let’s dive deep and find out the perfect DIY pizza oven tutorial for you!

1. How to Build Your Own High-Performing Wood-Fired Pizza Oven from Bricks

You don’t have to break the bank in order to build yourself a fantastic high-performing wood-fired pizza oven! This Youtuber right here enjoys delicious wood-fired pizzas straight from his DIY pizza oven, and the best part is that he only spent about 50 bucks on building the oven.

All you need is 47 little red bricks and two big bricks, which you can get at any nearby home supply place. This DIY pizza oven has to be the cheapest high-performance pizza oven ever!

 

2. DIY PIzza Oven — How To Build An Outdoor Pizza Oven

If you want to build yourself an outdoor pizza oven but you don’t know where to start, this post is for you. To know what type of materials you should opt for and what considerations you must make beforehand, read this DIY pizza oven blog by Outdoor Cooking pros thoroughly.

However, if you’re looking for a step-by-step guide and plans for a pizza oven, you might as well skip this blog.

 

3. How to Build a Pizza Oven

Take your backyard patio to the next level by building this fantastic pizza oven. The base is 3 feet by 3 feet, and the oven is 34 inches. What’s more, this pizza oven design also has a spot for firewood storage! How great is that?

Watch this step-by-step tutorial and decide if you can replicate this excellent design for yourself!

 

4. How to build a wood-fired pizza oven

This DIY dome-shaped clay oven uses items available at a local DIY shop. The expert Simon Brookes says, “I can do basic DIY, but construction is out of my comfort zone. If I can do it, anyone can.”

If you’re up for the challenge, find all the supplies required and instructions clearly mentioned in this blog.

 

5. DIY Pizza Oven Build – Full Build in 5 MINUTES!

Could You Cook has condensed the full DIY pizza oven build process into a 5-minute video. If you loved how they DIYed a dome-shaped oven using an exercise ball and a few home-making supplies, find individual videos for each section of the build in this playlist.

 

6. Building A Mortarless Wood-Fire Pizza Oven

Want to build a pizza oven super fast? We’ve got your back! Using clay bricks, angle iron, cement blocks, and a concrete board, build a wood-fire pizza oven in an hour!

Simply stack cement blocks and clay bricks and place the angle iron and concrete boards just as advised in this tutorial, and you’re good to go!

 

7. |DIY| OUTDOOR PIZZA OVEN FOR UNDER $40! |HOW TO|

Build an outdoor pizza oven for under $40! It gets better and better, doesn’t it? This oven takes 30-45 minutes to come to cooking temperature, and once you’re there, pizzas take only a few minutes to cook.

Do you know what the best part about these mortarless ovens is? You can assemble and disassemble them anywhere and anytime you want!

 

8. DIY Video: How to Build a Backyard Wood Fire Pizza Oven Under $100

Here’s a 7-step written tutorial to build a backyard wood fire pizza oven for under $100! Even if you’re just a beginner in construction DIYs, you can easily build this beginner-friendly DIY oven.

If you want to accomplish something more advanced, find more awesome free DIY pizza oven plans at the end of the blog.

 

9. DIY make a Pizza Oven with Cement and Bricks at home Technical to build Stove Simple.

To cook heavenly delicious wood-fired pizzas, all you need is cement and a few bricks! Watch this tutorial by Power Show in case you want to make one for yourself.

However, we’d like to make some tiny suggestions –add a door on the cooking compartment and a chimney to the oven if you want your pizza to cook faster and taste better.

 

10. How to Build an Outdoor Pizza Oven

This written tutorial is so elaborate that even a DIY noob would build a fantastic outdoor pizza oven by following the instructions provided. What’s more, you can even find a brick oven pizza recipe at the end of the blog. Don’t miss out!

 

11. Outdoor Pizza Oven

Build a fantastic outdoor pizza oven on your patio by following this written tutorial. This pizza oven design even features a firewood storage unit.

On the downside, the blogger uses Portland cement in this DIY which might eventually crumble when you heat it often. We suggest using refractory cement designed to tolerate heat instead.

 

12. How to Make a Homemade Pizza Oven

If you’re going to build a pizza oven anyway, why not DIY it fancy, right? Instead of the same old flat designs, here’s an easy-to-follow-along dome-shaped pizza oven tutorial. Find all the supplies necessary along with detailed guidelines in this blog by Instructables.

 

13. DIY Cheap Exercise Ball Pizza Oven

If you’re wondering what to use as a mold to create a perfectly spherical dome for your pizza oven, an exercise ball will do the job just right!

Watch this tutorial to find out how to use your exercise ball to make a pizza oven and make one for yourself. A short disclaimer – the Youtuber hasn’t provided any follow-along plan!

 

14. How to build your own pizza oven

Do you know how a wood-fired pizza oven works? And how hot it gets? Or, you might want to know where you can put a pizza oven best. To get all of your questions answered, read this blog by Wood Create. Also, find a brief section on how to build a pizza oven in this post.

 

15. Easiest DIY Pizza Oven Ever… Backyard pizza oven for under $30

The Youtuber from BigRedFishDad says, “ Sometimes, keeping it simple is better!”. So, on his second try to make a pizza oven, he has kept it simple and hassle-free than the original one. You read that right – a $30 DIY backyard pizza oven!

 

16. DIY Manakish / Pizza Oven [Tutorial]

If you’re great at metal works, there can be no other perfect pizza oven tutorial for you than this one! This propane gas pizza oven design, though quite complicated to make, is extremely efficient.

Here’s part-2 of the video where the Youtuber has answered many of his viewer’s queries and demonstrated how this oven works.

 

17. DIY Pizza Oven Build

This Youtuber from Shaloha Creations modified one of the plans available at Brickwood Ovens to build an outdoor pizza oven. You can find plenty of DIY oven kits and plans on the site in case you’re interested. This channel also has many creative DIYs. Make sure you check them out!

 

18. How to Build an Outdoor Pizza Oven

HGTV has great DIY projects! For instance, just look at this fantastic outdoor pizza oven DIY! However, they’ve used an oven kit for this project. If you’re looking forward to using an oven kit as well, you can learn how to make the base, countertop, and assemble the kit in this blog.

 

19. DIY Homemade Wood Fired Steel Pizza Oven Build and First Cook

Are you looking for a steel wood-fired pizza oven tutorial? If yes, here’s one for you! This pizza oven reaches over 1000 F and cooks pizzas in 90 seconds or less. How cool is that?

On the downside, this DIY can be complicated as the design is fully CAD modeled, and the process required high-tech machinery. So, if you lack the skills and equipment, you might as well skip this DIY.

 

20. Oil Drum Pizza Oven

All you need to make an outdoor pizza oven is an oil drum, Vermiculite, cement, and fire bricks. Read this written tutorial if you’re wondering how to put these things together to build a fantastic wood-fired pizza oven. This DIY is quite easy comparatively, and we’re sure you can pull this off!

 

21. Our 10-Day WOOD FIRED Pizza Oven Build [Full DIY Project]

In case you didn’t know, your exercise ball makes a great mold for your pizza oven. Bro Builds used an exercise ball, perlite, concrete, fire bricks, and cedar to make a high-performance wood-fired pizza oven. They even made a firewood storage area underneath the oven. Check it out!

 

22. Clay Pizza Oven

After long research, this blogger from Instructables has finally come up with a solid DIY clay pizza oven that doesn’t require replacing or fixing every other year.

He further encourages his readers to invest time in the project rather than rushing to finish it entirely over a weekend. Read the tutorial to figure out if you can build this masterpiece for yourself!

 

23. HOW TO BUILD // Wood Fired Brick Pizza Oven Part 1

In this tutorial video, the Youtuber from SecondSonWoodworks builds a wood-fired brick pizza oven for his backyard using bricks and cement. He explains the materials and building process pretty clearly. So, if you’re up for the challenge, here’s part-2 and part-3 of the tutorial.

 

24. How to Build Your Own Pizza Oven

Do you know what types of outdoor pizza oven options are available for you to DIY? And, what are the things you must consider beforehand?

If these questions are troubling your mind, this blog post by Smoked BBQ source is a must-read for you. And once you’ve got your answers, follow one of the two tutorials to build an excellent pizza oven for yourself!

 

25. Pizza Oven Tutorial DIY

Building a dome pizza oven is easier than you think! Watch this video tutorial by Mikel Le Goff and decide if you can replicate the design by yourself. All the supplies he has used for the project, along with their dimensions, are mentioned in the description box.

 

26. HOW TO BUILD AN OUTDOOR DIY PIZZA OVEN

Pequods Pizza suggests you make a 34” diameter oven for a small family, 42” for a large family, and a 50” oven for party size. All these measurements are based on igloo-type pizza ovens.

These guidelines will come in handy if you’re planning to build a dome-shaped pizza oven. You’ll also find out at what temperature you should cook your pizzas to make them crispy in this post. What a treat!

 

27. Build a pizza oven in 10 minutes

Building a pizza oven couldn’t be any simpler! Using only bricks and angle iron, you can build this pizza oven in about 10 minutes! And the best part is that you can even move this pizza oven if necessary. Follow this YouTube tutorial to build this resourceful outdoor pizza oven for yourself.

 

28. Metal Drum Into DIY Wood Fired Pizza Oven

The Youtube from GardenFork made a pizza oven out of a metal barrel just by using brick and rebar and a few metalworking tools. If you’ve got these supplies and if you’re decent in metalworking, don’t think twice; start on this project already!

 

29. #2 Homemade Pizza: Mini Brick Oven Indoors!

How about a mini fire brick pizza oven inside your own domestic oven? If you don’t want to build tedious outdoor pizza ovens, this tutorial is for you! This smart trick will elevate your pizza game to the next level! And the only items you need for this DIY are a few firebricks. How great is that!

Summary

You can DIY a pizza oven from scratch, or you can simply assemble ready-made pizza oven kits. Either way, the feeling of eating a pizza baked in a pizza oven you made, it’s insane!

Now select a tutorial, gather the tools, and start on the DIY already! We cannot wait to hear about the results. Don’t forget to let us know!