Clome oven

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A clome oven (or cloam oven) is a clay oven with a removable clay door, typically found in farm houses in Cornwall and Devon. During installation, typically near to the main fireplace, they are surrounded by packed clay to prevent the actual oven cracking.^[1]

To use a clome oven, wood is burned inside the oven. As there is no internal chimney, the smoke is allowed to escape via a chimney outside the oven. For cooking, the hot ashes are either raked out or pushed aside, then the baking is put in, and the door propped up to the opening.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://telematics.ex.ac.uk/realcornwall/foodanddrink/display_image.asp?id=15&topic=Cornish%20Specialities

[edit] See also

• Masonry oven
• Horno