© The Stone Bake Oven Company 2013. All rights reserved.
© The Stone Bake Oven Company 2013. All rights reserved.
one evening. The retained heat will dry your logs. Be sure to remove all embers
first.
3.3 How to make a fire
Very soon you will be used to firing up your oven and getting a feel for cooking
environments. In the meantime, you can watch our firing up videos, read our
cooking techniques guide or purchase a thermometer from our online shop.
TOP TIP: The Stone Bake Team are always on hand to answer any query.
TOP TIP: Your Mezzo 76 has been kiln fired for you, meaning your oven is ready
to use without the need for timely curing fires!
Step 1
Using your kiln dried, non treated wood, chop into chunky kindling lengths of
around 10 inches and about 3 inches thick.
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Shop bought ready cut kindling can often be too small and will not last in the
oven.
Using a natural fire lighter, place it in centre of the oven floor and make a small
cross sectioned structure around it, using your cut kindling. Light the natural fire
lighter.
Place fire lighter Form kindling stack Light kindling stack
Step 2
Leave the fire stack to burn in the centre of the oven. This ensures the oven
dome and base is saturated with heat evenly. Add to the burning kindling
stack. You will start to approach optimum cooking temperatures 450+ degrees
celcius. You can tell this by using an infra-red thermometer, a floor standing
thermometer or when the sooty deposits in the oven diminish.
Step 3
Once you have reached optimum cooking temperatures (450 + degrees
celcius), you are ready to start the cooking process. Move the embers of the
fire to the back or side of the oven, exposing an area to place food. You can
do this using the metal pizza peel and can clear the oven floor using an oven
brush or hearth mop.
TOP TIP: Always bring your oven up to optimum cooking temperature first,
Step 1:
Select a location for your Mezzo 76. If outdoors, avoid windy exposed areas.
When building your own base:
If you choose to build your own Mezzo base instead of purchasing a Mezzo Stand,
you must contact the Stone Bake Oven Company for more information to ensure
your oven is installed safely.
Step 2:
Bearing your oven clearances in mind, set the oven base parts down on the Mezzo
pre-constructed base. Ensure the oven base is facing the correct way before set
down so that the grooves to place the dome in are showing (see previous images)
then place oven dome on top. To ensure the oven floor is installed level, you can
bed the base pieces down using sand or fire cement for a level finish.
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Handle the oven parts gently, rough set down may result in oven chipping.
Step 3:
Slot the flue length into the pre-prepared flue hole. Please note this may be a tight
fit. Simply sand around the flue hole using medium course sand paper if flue insertion
is too challenging. Place the oven cap on top of the flue length.
TOP TIP: For a black/coloured flue finish, simply purchase high heat coloured matt
spray stove paint and follow pack instructions. Simple!
Your oven is ready to use!
3. Using your Mezzo Oven
3.1 The ‘don’t’s when using your Mezzo Oven
DO NOT use flammable liquids or sappy wood
DO NOT use treated wood or non-organic firelighters
DO NOT cover entrance of oven
DO NOT place combustible materials within oven clearances
DO NOT overfill the oven
DO NOT use coals in the oven
DO NOT touch hot surfaces with naked skin
3.2 What wood to use in your Mezzo Oven
The Stone Bake Oven Company strongly recommend using kiln dried wood
(moisture content under 20%) when using your oven. Seasoned wood, green wood
or any wood with a moisture content above 20% will cause your oven to smoke and
it will struggle to reach high temperatures.
TOP TIP:
To ‘kiln dry’ your own wood, simply place a stack in the oven after a cooking
