We suggest using the recommended base-settings (op-
posite) to begin with. Then, as you gain experience with
the oven, you can experiment with different thermostat
and heat-control settings until you find the optimum
settings for your brand of pizza. Before doing this, how-
ever, it is important to understand how the oven works
and what factors will affect the baking result. Please
read the 4 guidelines below.
Info! All PizzaMaster® ovens have hearthstones of
specially fired natural clay. With the right oven settings,
they give much better pizza than do the grey concrete
slabs commonly used in other ovens.
3.
Setting the heat output controls
Oven settings and baking tips
Base settings
These recommended base-settings are based on the
most popular types of pizza.
Pizza baked directly Pizza baked
on hearthstone
in pan
Temperature
310 °C
310 °C
Top Front
7
7
Top Back
7
7
Bottom
2
7
1.
Setting the right temperature
The oven temperature is set by means of the ther-
mostat at the top of the control panel. It should be
set to suit the composition of the dough, the size and
thickness of the crust, the quantity of pizza-toppings
and the desired baking result, e.g. whether you pre-
fer the crust to be fairly soft or nice and crispy.
Basic rule
The basic rule is that the pizza crust should be
ready by the time the pizza toppings are ready. To
help achieve this, bear in mind the following:
Quantity and relationship between salt and
sugar
• Sugar makes the crust more crispy and gives it
more colour. The use of sugar therefore enables
either the baking time to be shortened or the oven
temperature to be reduced.
• Salt makes the crust softer and gives it less colour.
The use of salt therefore requires either a longer
baking time or a higher oven temperature.
Thickness of pizza crust (and base)
• The thinner the crust, the shorter the baking time.
• The thicker the crust, the longer the baking time.
Quantity of pizza toppings
• The fewer the pizza toppings, the shorter the
baking time.
• The more pizza toppings, the longer the baking
time.
Important! Once you have found the right thermo-
stat temperature-setting for your brand of pizza,
always use that setting regardless of the workload
and number of pizzas in the oven.
2.
Placement of pizzas
To minimize the incidence of uneven baking, all
PizzaMaster® ovens are optimized for a certain size
of pizza. Accordingly, each hearthstone is dimen-
sioned to accommodate 2 pizzas of that size, one at
the back of the stone and one at the front. To avoid
uneven baking, place each pizza wholly on the
same stone if possible. Try not to let pizzas overlap
the joints between stones.
700-series ovens are optimized for pizzas up to 35 cm.
800-series ovens are optimized for pizzas up to 41 cm.
Your PizzaMaster® oven has 3 independent output
controls per deck to help you ensure that heat is
distributed evenly throughout the oven, regardless
of the workload. Following the guidelines below will
optimize your baking results.
Top-Front and Top-Back – Overhead heat
If the preset oven temperature falls by more than
30
o
C during baking, then the settings for Top-Front
and Top-Back are too low. Increase the settings as
necessary, but just enough to maintain the oven
temperature.
Top Front – Front overhead heat
Normally, Top Front should be set at the same value
as Top Back. However, if the pizzas nearest the
front of the oven are lighter or darker than those at
the back, then the Top Front heat control should be
adjusted as necessary.
Bottom – Bottom-heat
The bottom heat should be set as high as possible
without burning the undersides of the pizzas.
Tip! When you are expecting an extra high work-
load, e.g. during rush hours, you can increase the
bottom heat 15 minutes beforehand to boost the
heat in the hearthstones. This will help to maintain
the bottom heat throughout the rush period.
4.
Vent function
The vent is used to evacuate steam that builds up
in the oven during baking. Steam makes the pizza
crust soft and reduces the effect of the oven.
The vent is also used to evacuate smoke that can
form if a pizza breaks up or if some of its toppings
fall directly on to a hearthstone.
Important!
• When the oven is fully loaded, the vent should
be opened fully in order to avoid soft pizza and
unnecessarily high electricity consumption.
• When the oven is lightly loaded, the vent should
be closed in order to avoid unnecessarily high
electricity consumption.
