OFYR PRO Series - Making a Fire; First Time Use Procedures

7OFYR
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MANUAL - OFYR
®
COOKING UNITS PRO
EN
3.3 MAKE A FIRE
Stack the pieces of wood two by two, as if you were building a log cabin (see Fig. 3), with the bark facing
outwards to further prevent smoke formation.
   Smokeformationwhenlightingareorwhenaddingnewrewoodcanbe
prevented for the most part by using our OFYR
®
Buadooblowpipe(seeFig.4),
   causingthenewwoodtocatchrealmostinstantly.
   Theidealsizeforthelogsisaround10x30cm.Weadviseagainstusinglargerpieces 
   ofwood.Thesedotendtocatchrequickly,butgenerallydonotburndownproperly 
due to the lack of space for oxygen in the cone.
   Foraneveningofcooking(4-5hours)youwillneedinaveragearoundtwoOFYR
®
Wood Bags
   ofaround50literseach,dependingontheoutdoortemperatureandtheweather 
conditions.
3.4 FIRST TIME USE
3.4.1 First fire
Pleaseproceedasmentionedabove,butitisimportanttolightasmallerreforroughly30minutes
to allow the cooking plate to settle properly. During manufacture, the middle of the cooking plate was
pressed down just slightly. When the cooking plate is heated, it will bend down even further, but if you
lighttoobigareduringyourinitialuseofyourOFYR
®
Cooking Unit, this may cause the cooking plate to
bend down too far during future use. It is very important to prepare the cooking plate properly using the
procedure outlined above. In some cases, the cooking plate may instead bulge upwards in the middle
andthusbecomeconvex(seeFig.5).Thismeansthesteelisincorrectlystressed.Ifthishappens,please
contact your dealer.
Fig.5-Upwardsbulgedcookingplate
Fig. 3 - Stack the pieces of wood two by two.
Fig.4-OFYRBuffadooset
3.4.2 Which cooking oil to use
It is best to use vegetable oil. We recommend
using olive oil the first 2-3 times you use your
OFYR
®
Cooking Unit. Olive oil has a lower
combustion point, which will help the cooking
plate get a nice brown-black hue. After the first
few uses, you can start using oil types with
higher combustion points, such as sunflower
oil or groundnut oil.