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The Tandoor Clay Oven Limited 4
The “first burn” - small charcoal fire maintained till it douses off on its own, leave it to burn
overnight
4.Type
of
fuel
to
use
in
your
Tandoor
Lump wood charcoal or Charcoal Briquettes/Heat Beads are to be burned in the Tandoor. You can
also use wood but make sure to use only small pieces of wood which are almost the same size as
charcoal Firelighters or BBQ gel can be used to assist with starting the fire. See pictures of these
below.
Please note that the Charcoal Briquettes or Heat Beads are not to be used for the first 3-4
times of doing the tandoori session as they emit more heat and can cause the major cracking
in the clay oven, they can be used once the clay oven has been fully seasoned after 3-4 times
of tandoori sessions. Ideally the clay walls turn red after 3-4 sessions, if the clay walls are still
black that means you have not fired the tandoor enough, put some more charcoal than what
you have used so far in previous sessions and give the tandoor a good fire , you may use
briquettes after 3-4 times of use and they will make the clay walls go red
After “first burn”, you can start off by placing about 1.5 to 2 kg for the SS1 models, or about 2.5 to 3.0
kg for the SS2 models, of lump wood charcoal in a pyramid shape around a fire lighter. Leave the
vent door completely open & lid open during the first 40 minutes and then you can close the vent door
and put the lid on partially after you put the skewers
The oven will then consume about 1 kg of additional fuel per hour, which can be added in portions
after the initial batch of fuel starts to lose heat (typically about 1.5-2 hours after lighting the oven). If
fuel is added while cooking food, try to add it gradually to avoid large flames developing which may
burn your food.
