Hot Shot HS-360D Owner’s Manual R2.1 | 3
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.
UPPER OVEN
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. Apply power.
Control power = on. Heat enable = on. Door = closed.
Press “P” once, e-prog = yes. Press “P” again, run =
yes. Press “P” again to return to the main screen.
Oven will start @ 400°F and will work its way up to
1800°F in timed segments, after 1800°F is reached,
it will slowly cool down to ambient to anneal the
heating element.
LOWER OVEN
• Press “P” until “run” appears.
• Change run command to “yes”.
• Oven will heat up to 600°F.
• Allow oven to run for 4-5 hours.
• Allow oven to cool slowly with the door closed.
• The oven is now ready to use.
Run command will automatically be removed at the end of the sequence. Do not open the door until the process
has ended and the oven has cooled.
If you are firing the oven for the first time, here’s what you can expect:
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 @ 400oF - 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 @ 800oF - 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 @ 1200oF.
• Run and soak for 1 hour @ 1600oF - your cooling fan should have kicked on by now, but 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 @ 1800oF - 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 1500oF 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.
