A bread or pizza oven can be built in a backyard location for as little as one-hundred dollars — or even less — or for as much as ten thousand dollars — or even more. An oven can be forever, or it can be made of materials that are easily demolished. Ovens for interior or restaurant installation must meet certain building code standards — and so those will always be on the higher end in terms of cost. There need be not functional difference between an oven one makes onself in a weekend for almost nothing, or one that a contractor builds for you for many thousands of dollars. However, of course, the one that contractor builds will undoubtably have a more polished look.

On the following pages you will find information on building ovens yourself — or on buying them.