Anuran: Yes, I did orignially two matzos at once, but because of the size went down to one. For chometz it held of course many loaves in loaf pans. It was a one to 1.5 hr heat up, and then I would sweep out the fire and bake with a cookie sheet or two to close the front. No chimney this was fire in the back and rolling out the front. For matzo a banked bed of coals at the back and no door, so the matzo could be flipped and watched. It worked with one layer of brick, but later I did another layer on three sides. This is what you call a high mass stored heat oven, and simple two cents plain. The cost was minimal, the most expensive part was the steel base, somebodies mistake that I got from a welder. At the time fire bricks were .37 cents, and red brick even less. If you want to schmooze technical, maybe contact me by email if allowed. chag kasher vesameach.
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