ottawa foodies

Just wondering if anyone is familiar with the rules and restrictions in ottawa about wood burning backyard ovens (as in pizza ovens).

The rule goes something like this: feed your neighbours wood fired pizza so you never get a visit from the city!

outdoor burning things need to have a dimension greater than 1 meter. there are specific exclusions and wood ovens are not one of them.

best way to get around the rules is to build it out at my place so nobody bothers you. come use it any time!

Actually, the rules state that you need to build a small hotel for people with apartments to stay in.
The city wants everything shared evenly in these matters, you know. Us poor apartment renters need backyard ovens too.

Krusty,

What exactly do you mean by a dimension of one meter?

Kitchenhog if you build one of these you need to host a pizza party! It has been on my 'todo' list for 2 years now and have the concrete pad in place

"outdoor fireplace" means a manufactured, non-combustible, enclosed container designed to hold a small fire for decorative purposes and the size of which does not exceed 1m in any direction and includes, but is not limited, to a chiminea;

So since yours is for cooking, it should not be an issue. But I also have an outdoor fireplace that has a dimension longer than 1m. If you can measure a part of it and it is longer than 1m you are not regulated.

I should add I really think this thread should be retitled to:

Backwoods Yard Oven

Backwoods Backyard Backofen :P

And here is the link to the regulations: ottawa.ca

FF that was brilliant!

Thanks all. Now let's see how many years it takes before I actually build one.

I spent a day helping out with a couple gr 4 classes finishing up their pioneer week unit at the Osgoode Township museum. They have a Quebec clay oven built this summer by the fella in the next picture. He's built 3, one for himself, and one in Manotick (at Watson's Mill???). He said it took 4 days, 2 hours a day to build.

The builder is a local artist and carved the decorative posts. He fixed a removable shield to protect the arms of the carvings from the smoke of the fire, Note that there is no chimney: air goes in and smoke comes out the opening. He came out at 6 am to start the fire and kept it burning about 5 hours before shoveling out most of the coals into a plastic pail full of water and then tossing in the 30 potatoes and 30 cobs of corn that were part of our pioneer lunch. After the veggies came out in went 3 pans of apple cinnamon muffins and when they came out in went 3 pans of yeasty buns. Lunch was awesome!!! The kids made salads, the bread dough, the muffins, and wrapped the corn and potatoes. (I'm not so sure that pioneers had tin foil?!?)