user manual
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GAS VERSION
THE OVEN COOLS
DOWN TOO EARLY
- Make sure that neither moisture nor water have gathered inside
the oven.
- Firing the oven for the rst time or after a long period of
idleness.
- Do not build a powerful but short-lived re that won’t heat the
oven thoroughly.
- Verify that the burner is working and close the door.
IF THE OVEN
DOESN’T COOK
AS YOU WOULD
LIKE
- Ensure the oven is at the right temperature.
- Fire with high vivid ames for 10 minutes.
- Ensure the oven maintains the desired temperature for the
duration of the cooking time; use the counter
- To adjust the heat intensity as well as the ame adjuster: open
and close the counter to raise or lower the temperature as
necessary.
WOOD VERSION
THE OVEN
PRODUCES SMOKE
- Check that the wood is not too moist and the embers are not
unburned.
- Make sure that you have started a re with vivid ames, gradual
but steady, in order to avoid incomplete combustion.
- If the oven is installed indoors, check the chimney ue and any
air inlets in the room.
- It is recommended to close the oven door.
THE OVEN DOES
NOT HEAT
- Check that the re is on one side of the oven and not near the
mouth.
- Fire with vivid ames for 20 minutes.
- Do not amass the wood over the embers.
- Gradually add the wood to the re.
THE OVEN COOLS
DOWN QUICKLY
- Check that no moisture or water has inltrated the oven.
- It may be lit for the rst time or after a long idle period.
- Avoid sudden short res that do not warm the bottom of the
oven.
THE FLAMES COME
OUT OF THE MOUTH
OR CHIMNEY CAP
- Avoid excessive res and immediately dampen the ames that
reach out of the oven by resting the door over
- the mouth of the oven, leaving a gap of 2 or 3 cm.
THE OVEN DOESN’T
COOK AS YOU
WOULD LIKE
- Ensure the oven is at the right temperature.
- Ensure the oven maintains the desired temperature for the
duration of the cooking time; use the counter to
- Adjust the heat intensity as well as the ame adjuster: open and
close it to raise or lower the temperature as necessary.
Alfa Forni is not responsible for veins, cracks,
hairline cracks of the oor as they are an intrinsic
characteristic of the material.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Contact us directly for expert advice on the web site www.alfaforni.com
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