Tips

Lightening the oven
Start by lighting the fire in the middle of the oven, this way you heat up the floor tiles that you are going to cook on. We use firelighters and dry hard wood kindling to get the fire going. Choose fire lighters that don’t produce a chemical smell or smoke. Once the kindling has been lit, Place two larger logs onto the fire. Once the fire has caught onto the larger logs, you may slide the fire more towards the back of the oven and continue to build it up from there.

If the fire is not burning, check the positioning of your wood and fire lighters and check whether the wood is dry or not. If you have moisture in the oven you may also find it hard to burn wood properly. Test for moisture by putting the door onto the oven front of an oven that has been lit and leaving it for a few moments. Pull away the door and see if moisture is on it. If your oven is moist, get the oven really really hot by lighting 6-7 logs of wood to remove the moisture, then let the fire burn down.

Do I need to worry about left over ash from the last time I cooked in it?
Damp ash will stop you from lighting your oven and needs to be removed. If the ash is dry, there is no need to remove it from your oven after every use. Dry ash actually helps to light up your oven light

Pizzas require the most heat, and a good hour and a half will see your oven cooking with a nice heat. On the other hand if you are cooking fish or seafood you require less heat and will only need 15-20 minutes to pre-heat the pizza oven.

Cooking Pizza's

I find it easier to flour the pizza paddle and then roll my pizza dough out on top of the paddle, add my topping and then place the pizza straight into the oven, pulling the paddle out from under it.

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