Bread Bakers Forum Brick Ovens Craftspeople

Alan Scott OvenCrafters 4500 Marshall Petaluma Road Petaluma CA 94952 Phone: 415-663-9020	Alan Scott is a master builder of hearth ovens, and is probably the most well-known oven craftsman in the country. His company, "OvenCrafters", began as a request from Laurel Robertson, his friend and author of "The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book", that Alan build a brick oven for her kitchen. Since that time Alan has built ovens across the U.S. and internationally and will travel to build your oven. He also sells plans for building your own oven. OvenCrafters produces a quarterly newsletter for brick oven builders and bakers.
Jim Skutt 619 Frederick SE Olympia, WA 98502	Jim is located in the Pacific Northwest. He apprenticed with Alan Scott and has since built a number of ovens on his own. He also has experience baking with a brick oven, and will travel to build, design or teach.
Andy Bennett 15 Puncheon Camp Rd. Marshall, NC 28753 Phone: 828- 649-3558	Andy's oven designs are based on the plans of Alan Scott and the ovens seen in Bread Ovens of Quebec. He has done some commercial baking with a wood fired oven and has a reputation of being "a master craftsman, a perfectionist about his work, somewhat of an artist in that he works to add unique special touches to each oven, and he's also real fun to be around." Currently residing and constructing ovens in the southeastern part of the U.S., Andy will travel.
Patrick Manley Brick Stove Works 15 Nelson Ridge South Washington, Maine 04574 Phone & Fax: 207-845-2440	Patrick also a founding member of the Masonry Heater Assn., and has been designing and building masonry heaters for 20 years. He has traveled to Finland, Sweden, and Germany to study design & construction of masonry heaters and bakeovens. He has built home sized bake ovens, as well as commercial bread, pizza and roasting ovens, all wood fired. Most of his work has been done in New England, but can travel. Visit www.fitzpatrickwinery.com and click on "Bake Oven" for a pictorial and comments from the owner and operator of a bake oven that he built for them.
Heather Leavitt EarthOvens 4207 Broad Brook Road South Royalton, VT 05068 Phone: 802-763-8780	Heather Leavitt gives classes on building your own oven and then how to bake using it. She lives in Vermont and her ovens are based upon the "bread ovens of Quebec" models. She is a wealth of information and experience.
Pyromasse Marcus Flynn 4057, Avenue de l'Esplanade Montreal, Quebec Canada H2W 1S9 Phone:: 514 - 844 - 9824	Marcus Flynn constructs contraflow masonry heaters and European masonry bake ovens, and cookstoves for commercial and residential use throughout the provence of Quebec.
Peter Moore Masonry, Inc. Peter Moore RD #1, Box 2750 Pawlet, VT 05761 Phone: 802-325-3277	Peter designs and constructs unique wood-burning ovens for commercial and home use. in addition to being an expert in the design, construction and restoration of bee-hive ovens for home use. He and his staff have also built commercial and residential brick ovens,fireplaces, masonry heaters, and stone patios, steps, and walls throughout the Northeastern U.S..
Masonry Stove Builders Norbert Senf Quebec, Canada	Some stove heater masons are building hearth ovens or incorporating them into masonry stove heaters. This site is the Masonry Stove Builders Association's web page. Their BakeOven page is full of pictures of hearth ovens and information relating to builders, manufacturers, links, etc. Contact Norbert, he may know of an experienced brick oven mason in your area. Great site, full of information.