Stone Bake Primo - Making a Fire

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3.2. How to make a re
Ensure you have read and followed all safety measures listed in section 3.1 Do’s
and don’ts, before lighting your oven. NOTE: The very rst oven ring may take
longer than usual to approach high temperatures, this is a normal expectation.
A wet oven or low outdoor temperatures may also cause longer heat up times.
Ensure you adhere to section 3.2.1 How to make a re in Autumn and Winter/
lighting your oven the rst time, failure to do so may void your Primo Oven
warranty.
Step 1
Using kiln dried, non treated wood (this can be purchased from
(www.thestonebakeovencompany.co.uk), chop into kindling or buy ready cut
kindling, use a single sheet of scrunched up newspaper and make a small cross
sectioned structure out of kindling positioned around it, as shown in the pictures
below. You may use organic re lighters.
Cut kindling Scrunched Newspaper Kindling stack
Step 2
Light the newspaper
Simply light newspaper Let the re grow and grow
Step 3
Slowly feed the re with more and slightly thicker kindling, be bold on
application, but make sure to not overll your Primo. If ames are protruding out
the oven opening, you have overloaded it with wood, wait for the ames to
calm before continuing. Do not attempt to remove any burning material from
the oven. Keep adding kindling when appropriate, and leave the wood pile in
the centre of the oven, this ensures the whole dome and base are saturated
with heat. If your oven smokes incessantly or fails to reach high temperatures,
your wood is most likely damp. Opt for kiln dried, hard wood for reliable
cooking results.
Step 4
Whenever you cook in your Primo, always saturate the oven dome and base
with heat. See the Cooking Technique guide online. This is key to all cooking
techniques, from pizza, to roasts and baking.
Leaving the burning stack in the centre of the oven, soon your Primo will
begin to reach optimum temperatures (450 degrees Celcius) you can tell this
by either using an infrared thermometer/ oorstanding oven thermometer
or alternatively, the black sooty build up within the dome will diminish away
once the oven has reached its optimum cooking temperature and is ready for
cooking in.
Step 5
You are ready to cook your rst ever meal in your Stone Bake Oven.
Take care and move the embers of the re to the back/side of the oven,
exposing an area to place food. Maintain these high temperatures for pizza
cooking, or alternatively let the oven cool for roasting and baking - see the
Cooking Techniques Guide.
NOTE:
Take care when placing, moving and removing the food within the oven.
Remember to rotate items in the oven, to ensure even cooking.
Alternate embers on each side when cooking over long periods to ensure even
oven heat.
The Cooking Techniques Guide, available online, explains how to achieve
many varied cooking environments in your Primo Oven.
Ensure adequate and safe disposal of hot and cold ashes. (see 3.3 How to
dispose of ashes safely)
Sweep embers to the side Place food items on oven oor