A SPECIAL NOTE: It is with great sadness that we pass on the news that Alan Scott passed away on January 26, 2009 in his home country of Tasmania. He will be dearly missed among those of us who shared his passion and built our ovens using his plans. Tom and I are grateful that we were able to work with Alan as we built our oven here at the BakeHouse. Click here to read the New York Times article.

Here is our photo journal of the building of our Alan Scott oven in New Jersey. We used this oven for three years before we made our move to New Mexico. Once we are settled in New Mexico, it is our hope to rebuild the BakeHouse and we will be sure to post up new construction photos of the new Alan Scott Oven my husband Tom will be building. You are always welcome to contact us with any questions you may have regarding the building of our Alan Scott oven.

Gutting the Barn	Digging Out the Floor
10 Yard of Cement	Leo Spreading Gravel
Masonry Material	Support Grid
Almost to the End! 10 Yards of Cement	Andy & Jeff Screeding
Andy Doing the Final Float - Beautiful Floor	First Block Laid
Tom & Andy Lay Out Foundation	Tom, the Cabinet Maker and Andy, the Mason Confer
Tom and Andy Continue to Confer	Opening for Ash Dump
Foundation	Kath Getting Concrete in Block for Support
Firebrick Hearth Bed and Side Walls	Getting Ready for Arch
Tom & Back Wall	Tom Makes First Arch
Drying Out Chamber Arch	Dome is Complete
Final Corner Stone	Tall Tom in a Tight Spot!
Layout of arch of brick face	Start of chimney
Brick face and chimney complete	Back view of chimney
Brick face arch complete	Support cage and foil over baking chamber
Kathy working concrete into support cage	Tom adding the finishing touches to concrete mass over baking chamber
Insulating concrete mass completed	The crowning glory - THE CHIMNEY IS UP!
Kathy lights first fire!	The first firing
The chimney works	Brick detail on oven top
The first pizza bakes in oven	Kath with the first pizza