Hot Shot HS-360-PRO/HS-360-PRO-15A User Manual R1.1 | 6
STARTING YOUR OVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME?
Please carefully remove all packing material from the inside of your oven. Visually check that the element hasn’t
been bumped or moved during shipping.
• DO NOT block any vents.
• Keep the back of the oven (fan unit) at least 3 inches away from a wall or other objects.
• DO NOT attempt to duct the exhaust of the fan unless the exhaust has a power vent compatible with the
cfm of the fan.
Your temperature controller has been pre-programmed to outgas your oven automatically and anneal your
heating element. Place oven on a level, non-combustible surface.
Important: Do these steps in a well ventilated area or outdoors if possible.
Important: Do these steps in a well ventilated area or outdoors if possible.
Note: The oven fan is regulated by the oven core temperature, therefore, it will not turn on immediately.
Note: The oven fan is regulated by the oven core temperature, therefore, it will not turn on immediately.
• Run and heat soak for ½ hour @ 400°F - slight odor of burned anchor lube and assembly lubricants, small
amount of smoke, kaowool board will turn chocolate brown and start outgassing.
• Run and heat soak for 45 minutes @ 800°F - odor from the insulating board will really begin to stink, you
will wonder if this is actually normal, don’t worry, it is. If you open the oven door, expect to see a fire show
of outgassing contaminants & heavy smoke.
• Run and soak for 1 hour @ 1200°F.
• Run and soak for 1 hour @ 1600°F - the smell is still very strong, the inner insulating board of the oven is
starting to cleanse itself and is turning white, there will be a brown ring around the door that will move
away from the inner shell as temperature increases.
• Run and soak for 1 hour @ 1800°F - all downhill from here, you have burned off most of the impurities from
the insulating board. Inner oven should be chalk white. The brown ring around the door should be fading.
2nd and 3rd firings: slight odor will be present, decreasing with each subsequent firing.
While it’s not necessary to run your oven all the way up to the max temperature for the outgassing process,
holding at 1500°F for 1 hour will remove 90% of the contaminants from the insulation. You will see steam
escaping from the seams and even water forming at the feet of the oven from trapped moisture being burned
away from the inner (hot) layer and condensing when it gets to the outer (cooler) layer.
Note: When the power switch is turned on, the screen will flash and go blank for 20-30 seconds as the controller
Note: When the power switch is turned on, the screen will flash and go blank for 20-30 seconds as the controller
begins to run through a complex initialization period in which it configures all the inputs, outputs, and the
begins to run through a complex initialization period in which it configures all the inputs, outputs, and the
underlying file system. This is normal.
underlying file system. This is normal.
