First Time Use; First Fire; Which Cooking Oil To Use; Time Needed To Heat The Cooking Plate - OFYR Classic 85 Corten Manual

3.4 FIRST TIME USE

3.4.1 First fire

Please proceed as mentioned above, but it is important to light a smaller fi re for roughly 30 minutes
to allow the cooking plate to settle properly. During manufacture, the middle of the cooking plate was
pressed down just slightly. When the cooking plate is heated, it will bend down even further, but if you
light too big a fi re during your initial use of your OFYR
bend down too far during future use. It is very important to prepare the cooking plate properly using the
procedure outlined above. In some cases, the cooking plate may instead bulge upwards in the middle
and thus become convex (see Fig. 5). This means the steel is incorrectly stressed. If this happens, please
contact your dealer.
Fig. 5 - Upwards bulged cooking plate

3.4.3 Time needed to heat the cooking plate

The outdoor temperature is an important factor for the time needed to heat the
cooking plate properly. This time can range from 25-30 minutes during spring and
summer to 45-60 minutes during fall and winter. The cooking plate is 12mm thick,
so it needs a decent fi re to heat the plate properly.

3.4.4 Removing factory oil from the cooking plate

Once the cooking plate is really well heated, drizzle on olive oil and spread it with a kitchen towel.
The olive oil will mix with the factory oil and will make it easy to remove the factory oil. If olive oil is put
on the plate when this is not well heated, what comes off is a sticky black substance that is not easy to
remove. Drizzle on olive oil 2-3 times. Then scrape down the cooking plate with the supplemented spatula
and push the scrapings into the fi re. We also have a PRO spatula in our product range for intensive use in
a professional environment. Once all you can manage to scrape off is beige scrapings, the cooking plate is
clean and ready for use. Simply drizzle on olive oil once more and spread it out and start cooking!

3.4.5 Managing the fire

Depending on the weather conditions and the outdoor temperature, the cooking plate will reach a
temperature of around 300˚C on the inner edge and around 200˚C on the outer edge. To do so,
build a fi re using the wood cabin method mentioned above. Once your initial fi re's wood is burning
properly, spread out the hot mass under the edges of the cooking plate and add new wood in the
middle with the bark facing up. Repeat the process for the entire duration that you wish to keep the
cooking plate hot. You will notice that it will take a lot more wood during autumn and winter to keep the
cooking plate hot than during spring and summer. If there is a breeze, the cooking plate will be hottest
where the wind leaves the OFYR
this by pushing more hot coals into the opposite direction.
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Cooking Unit, this may cause the cooking plate to
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3.4.2 Which cooking oil to use

It is best to use vegetable oil. We recommend
using olive oil the first 2-3 times you use your
OFYR
combustion point, which will help the cooking
plate get a nice brown-black hue. After the first
few uses, you can start using oil types with
higher combustion points, such as sunflower oil
or groundnut oil.
Cooking Unit, i.e. in the direction of the wind. You can compensate for
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Cooking Unit. Olive oil has a lower
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