Spring arrived and I unwrapped my oven to find the inside pretty much soaked even though the oven was tarped over the winter. I did NOT want to start building big fires for fear that it would be too hot and damage my bricks. Perhaps I’m overly conservative: Others can comment.
What I did was put a space heater in the oven and let it run for an afternoon. The temp got to just a little over 100F.
Since spring is right around the corner I thought that it would be a good idea to comment and bump this thread.
This was the first winter for my pizza oven, and I didn’t cover it until the end of December. There is a bit of dampness in the front, so I plan to take @bikerbudmatt advice and do an abbreviated 3 day series of curing fires to slowly dry things out. I definitely want to avoid cracking my oven by heating it up too fast in the presence of moisture. I just need a few days of dry weather now!