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PREHEATING THE OVEN:
Preheating the Hearth Stones at maximum is important to allow proper temperatures at lower settings
later on as well as speeding up the process of heating up the oven. After lighting the Hearth and Back
Burners and as described before, allow to preheat on “
HIGH
” for approximately 25 minutes before begin-
ning to cook.
If faster oven heating is desired, the over door cover may be placed back in the unit. This will allow the
oven to be heated in approximately 15 minutes only, when both burners are set to HIGH.
Please note:
The Hearth Stones as well as the Top Stone are heavy and have a great thermal mass.
If they are overheated by leaving the unit on HIGH unattended for several minutes, (specially when the
oven cover is in place), it may be impossible to cook anything without burning your food.
While this is not detrimental to the unit in any way, it will take several minutes to cool off at low settings
or it might require to turn the oven completely off until normal cooking temperatures are restored.
PREHEATING THE TOP STONE:
Preheating the Top Stone is not necessary. The Top Stone sits directly in the exhaust flue of the Hearth
Stone Burner, therefore, it will be already preheated by the time the oven reaches cooking temperatures.
The Back Burner is used to create a blast of hot air and add heat to the Top Stone which will radiate
down onto the food and reach searing temperatures very fast. It should not be left on HIGH setting for
long times as it will make the oven Top Stone very hot beyond usable cooking temperatures.
NOTE:
If the Back Burner is left ON to provide a warm and appealing glow while cooking, please do so
at a low setting with minimal flames to prevent the Top Stone from overheating.
BURNER ADJUSTMENTS:
NOTE:
The
Artisan
™
Pizza Oven Burners do not require any primary air-mix adjustment as they have
been already factory adjusted. The need only to be checked visually for proper performance and low
temperature settings only.
The
Artisan
™
Pizza Oven is equipped with adjustable gas valves. These valves can be adjusted for
burner minimum (MIN) settings only. This procedure can be done by removing the gas adjustment knobs
and bezels on the front panel to expose the valve adjustment screw. (A small blade screw driver is re-
quired for this adjustment). (
See
Figure # 11
)
KNOB REMOVED
FROM PANEL
Figure # 11
LOW SETTING
ADJUSTMENT SCREW
