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PREPARING YOUR OVEN FOR USE
1.
Remove all packaging material including plastic sheets underneath bricks.
2.
Ensure the oven is sitting on a firm, flat non combustible surface with appropriate clear-
ances from combustible materials or on a Pizzeria Stand which can be bought separately.
3.
Then remove the sand filling plate from the top of the oven. This is located right behind
the flue.
4.
Pour the sand into the oven through the filling hole. Use a wooden or rubber mallet or a
piece of wood wrapped in cloth to gently tap the outside of the oven as you are pouring
the sand. This will make sure the sand runs into all the small internal spaces within the
cavities around the oven.
5.
Sand requirements: 2 bags @ 25kg, or 0.09 m³ dry sand.
Do not use sand from the beach as this would make the oven rust.
6.
Make sure you use only dry sand to prevent:
Likelihood of the oven rusting on the inside.
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Pressure build up of steam when the oven is fired.
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Allow the sand to run freely when filling.
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If you think the sand is damp, spread it out on a flat surface in the sun and allow it to dry.
INSTALLING THE BAFFLE SUPPORT FRAME
T he baffle support frame needs to be positioned inside the oven above the door opening.
1.
To install it, tilt it at an angle with orientation as shown in the diagram, so that you can
move it through the door opening inside the oven. Keep the right hand side high and the
left hand side low.
2.
Maintain the tilted position of the frame and lift it upwards until you are able to move it
over the protruding pins on the right hand side inside the oven. The pins are attached to
the front and rear walls of the oven.
3.
Now lift the left side upwards until the frame is horizontal and then move the frame slightly
to the left until it is in the centre of the oven. It can now be lowered so that all four corners
of the frame rest on the support pins.
4.
Place the baffle bricks as shown the brick layout diagram. Brick sizes are shown on table
next to part number.
FIRST TIME USE
1.
Remove sand fill cover, so that any remaining humidity in the sand can escape.
2.
The oven is coated with a high temperature paint which may give off some odour when
first fired following the oven to get hot will help the paint to cure. Leave the oven for ap-
proximately an hour before cooking in it.
3.
The oven rack should be left out during this first time preheating procedure.
LIGHTING YOUR FIRE
Make sure that flue damper is fully open.
We recommend using non-toxic fire starters, made of sawdust and paraffin. Put one square
starter in the centre of the oven floor. Place pieces of wood in criss-cross formation on top of
the starter. Ignite.
When wood pieces begin to burn, add one piece of hardwood (if available) to the pile ( 50mm
diameter). When hard wood starts to burn, add another piece. It is a good idea to keep a supply
of small 25mm pieces of wood on hand at all times, to jump start a fire or bring the oven quickly
to a high temperature. If you use larger pieces of wood (50 to 100mm in diameter), the heating
time will be longer, but will accumulate more embers for roasting or barbequing.
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