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TROUBLESHOOTING
IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE LIGHTING THE OVEN
This can be a common occurrence on start up until the wood is fully ignited.
If this continues follow these helpful tips:
- Ensure that the wood box is not over filled. This will smoother the fire.
- Carefully blow air into the back of the oven to help ignite the fire – It also
helps before lighting the oven, to position the back of the oven to face the
wind direction (do not use in strong wind conditions)
- The wood may be too moist, may have become damp or be an unsuitable
species of wood for wood fired cooking (eg: a soft wood). This will also
cause a heavy amount of smoke. Once the oven is lit and increasing in
temperature you should see very little visible smoke.
IF THE FIRE GOES OUT OR A FRESH PIECE OF WOOD DOES NOT
IGNITE
- Ensure you are refuelling the oven throughout the cook to maintain an
even temperature.
- Adding smaller pieces of wood will avoid large spikes in temperature and
will be less likely to smother the fire.
- When refuelling with wood, ensure that there is sufficient space to allow
maximum air flow to ignite the fresh wood. Use the metal peel in a wafting
motion accelerate airflow into the firebox. This in turn encourages the
embers to re-ignite the unburnt wood.
WARNING! ENSURE THE BACK OF THE OVEN IS
CLEAR OF PEOPLE/BUILDINGS WHEN OPENING THE DOOR!
