Charmate CM160-018, Instructions Manual

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GENERAL INFORMATION

SEASONING BEFORE USE

Cleaning and seasoning your Gourmet Outdoor 

Oven are essential to its proper operation.
1.   Ensure that the cooking grills and the baking 

stone are positioned correctly inside of the 

cooking chamber.

2.   Open the door of the fire chamber to add the 

recommended dry hardwood or lump charcoal. 

Load small pieces of hardwood, not longer than 

30cm. It is ideal to cut hardwood into thinner 

pieces to encourage faster ignition onto the wood 

grate, closer to the back of the oven.
NOTE: How much hardwood you will require 

will depend on the size of the pieces being 

used and the fit of these pieces on top of the 

kindling and the wood grate. Don’t worry. You 

can add more wood if required.

3.   Ensure that the ash tray is in position below 

the wood grate.

4.   Using the chimney damper handle open the 

chimney damper ( ).

5.   Open all air intake controls located on the fire 

chamber door. Close the cooking chamber door.

6.   Light the kindling using the lighting method of 

choice. If using something other than paper, 

or wood kindling. Follow the instructions that 

accompany the product.

7.   Once you have established a bright, hot fire, 

close the fire chamber door.

8.   Heat the oven, maintaining a temperature of 

about 350 °F / 177 °C for at least 2 hours.There 

are three positions within the Chimney Damper

CAUTION

•   ALWAYS keep children and pets away from the 

oven.

•   ALWAYS use Insulated oven gloves when 

operating the oven for protection from the 

oven’s hot surfaces.

For best seasoning results

9.   Open the door of the cooking chamber for 

a few minutes to allow the release of bad 

odours. Then close the cooking chamber door. 

Repeat this action several times throughout 

the seasoning process. This will allow the 

temperature resistant paint to fully cure and 

disburse any associated fumes before cooking 

is commenced.

10. Open the fire chamber to stoke the fire, 

using your fire poker, throughout the 2 hour 

seasoning process, to ensure that enough 

wood has been added to fuel the fire. Add 

more wood if required.