Preparing a new oven for its first use
Once you have unpacked your new oven, all of the film sheets that are required during the production process must be removed from the device. Next the Flammkuchen oven should be placed on a non-combustible working surface and levelled by using a spirit level and adjusting the round feet. This is important in ensuring that your Flammkuchen bake evenly.Remove any dust that may have settled on the device, then carefully take the pizza stones out and brush or vacuum them. Please note that the stones must never be cleaned with water – doing so may result in them breaking during the next baking process.
Before cooking with it for the first time, the oven and stones must be burned in. This is done in several steps. First, switch the oven to the upper and lower heat setting at 100°C and open the oven doors roughly every five minutes so that all of the moisture inside can evaporate. This process should take around an hour to complete. Increase the temperature to 150°C and leave it for around 30 minutes, then repeat this at 225°C. This will accustom the stones to heat and burn off any residues from the manufacturing process. The oven is now operational.
For the following rounds of cooking, the oven can always be heated up directly to the desired temperature, but it is still recommended to increase the temperature gradually up to the required 280 - 300°C over a period of 30 minutes.
Once it has been heated up fully for the first time, we recommend that you bake a few Flammkuchen bases without toppings in case the latter slips off and sticks to the stone. After this, the oven is completely ready to use.