Witness the amazing hard work and skillful craftsmanship that goes into building a portable mud oven from scratch. Skilled artisans use traditional techniques to mix mud, clay, and straw to form ...

Kiko Denzer, something of a guru in the mud-oven-building world, has even written a book about it. These ovens are versatile, fun and remarkably cheap.

Raghad Hussein, 19, never saw a tanoor when she was a young girl. "We had a steel oven in my house. I didn't even know what the mud oven looks like," Hussein said.

Watch the creation of a traditional mud oven, a masterpiece of craftsmanship and durability. Skilled hands shape and mold the materials, blending time-honored techniques with precision. From ...