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Operation
More cooking information
• DO NOT cook before the fuel has a coating of ash.
• ALWAYS wash your hands before and after handling
uncooked meat and before eating.
• ALWAYS keep raw meat away from cooked meat and other
foods.
• Before cooking ensure grill surfaces and tools are clean and
free of old food residues.
• DO NOT use the same utensils to handle cooked and
uncooked foods.
• Ensure all meat is cooked thoroughly before eating.
• CAUTION – eating raw or under cooked meat can cause
food poisoning (e.g. bacteria strains such as E.coli).
• To reduce the risk of under cooked meat cut open to ensure
it is cooked all the way through.
• CAUTION – if meat has been cooked sufficiently the meat
juices should be clear and there should be no traces of
pink/red juice or meat colouring.
• Pre-cooking larger pieces of meat and joints is
recommended before finally cooking on your grill.
• After cooking ALWAYS clean the grill cooking surfaces and
utensils.
• To extinguish, stop adding fuel and allow fire to die or
douse with sand. DO NOT use water as this may damage
the product.
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Lighting the oven
When you are ready to use the Charcoal Pizza Oven for cooking,
please follow the instructions set out below:
• Make sure that you have removed any packaging that may be
left in both the oven and the firebox chamber.
• Always wear a BBQ mitt or protective fireproof gloves when
lighting and operating your oven.
•
This oven is ONLY suitable for use with charcoal.
Small amount of wood chips can be applied for
different flavor. BUT DO NOT USE WOOD OR
LOGS FOR FUEL.
•
DO NOT burn fuel directly on the oven base.
Always use fuel grate or charcoal grill.
•
DO NOT over load with fuel.
• Fill about 1.5 kg charcoal briquettes onto the charcoal grill
above the charcoal tray.
• Open the door of the firebox and build the fire on the charcoal
tray.
• Use charcoal & lighting fluid / gel or lighting blocks to light the
fire. (refer to method 1 & 2 on page 4).
• Close the firebox door, but leave the sliding dampers fully
open to allow oxygen into the fire.
• ALWAYS ensure that the doors are closed when in use.
• Open the firebox door occasionally to add charcoal or to stoke
the fire when required.
• Be careful when you open the firebox door. The firebox has an
open flame, be careful of loose clothing and hair that could
catch fire during operation of the oven.
• The inside of the oven and firebox are black coated.
When you first light the oven you will need it at approximately
180°C (or 350°F) for 60-90 minutes to cure the inside of
the oven. This will burn off any residue that may be left over
from the manufacturing process.
Produced in China for TESCO Stores Ltd.
Tesco 2016
www.tesco.com
Charcoal Pizza Oven
Assembly instructions
