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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

And here is an article on making a stone oven:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/1973-05-01/How-To-Build-a-Stone-Oven.aspx

Click on the Photo Gallery and the second is a drawing. This design  
uses a firebox on the side with a cooking surface atop. That would  
allow refiring while cooking continues if one were doing a day-long  
cook session.

I don't much care for the steel barrel design, but the side fire is  
interesting. The barrel would inevitably rust out and chunks would  
continually be falling into the cooking.