OFYR CLASSIC STORAGE 85-100, CLASSIC BLACK 100-100, CLASSIC 100-100, CLASSIC 85-100, CLASSIC CONCRETE 100-100 User Manual
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MANUAL
COOKING
UNITS
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OFYR® MANUAL - COOKING UNITS OFYR® MANUAL - COOKING UNITS
OFYR® MANUAL
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BUYING AN OFYR
®
PRODUCT. THIS MANUAL CONTAINS SETUP INSTRUCTIONS,
WARRANTY CONDITIONS, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR OFYR
®
COOKING UNIT.
OFYR® CLASSIC
85-100
OFYR
®
CLASSIC
BLACK 85-100
OFYR
®
CLASSIC
100-100
OFYR
®
CLASSIC
BLACK 100-100
OFYR
®
CLASSIC
STORAGE 85-100
OFYR
®
CLASSIC
CONCRETE 100-100
OFYR
®
CLASSIC
STORAGE 100-100
OFYR
®
ISLAND
85-100
OFYR® ISLAND
100-100
Fig.2 - OFYR’s Packed in octabin
Fig.1 - OFYR
®
cooking devices
Fig.3 - OFYR’s unpacking procedure
TRANSPORT/PACKAGING OF COOKING UNITS
The OFYR
®
Classic, Storage, and Black 85-100 and
100-100 are shipped upside down (see g. 2 and g.3).
Our OFYR
®
Black products are wrapped in an extra
layer of packaging material to prevent damage during
transport. The OFYR
®
Island 85-100 and 100-100 are
shipped vertically in special Island Octabins (see g. 2
and g.3). The OFYR
®
Concrete is packed straight up due
to the heavy weight of the base.
COOKING UNIT GENERAL INFORMATION
OFYR
®
cooking units are modular products consisting of various separate elements including a base, cone, and
cooking plate. All OFYR
®
cooking units are shipped in special octagonal packaging units, called Octabins. Our OFYR®
cooking units can be divided into 2 types: the OFYR
®
Classics and OFYR® Islands.
SETUP OF COOKING UNITS
The exterior of the Octabin features an explanation regarding how to unpack your OFYR
®
cooking unit.
Please note that all cooking units must be set up exactly as explained in these setup instructions!
We are not liable for any damage resulting from incorrect setup attempts of OFYR
®
cooking units.
BASE & CONE
First, place the base on a reproof surface. For our OFYR
®
Island models and OFYR® Concrete, we recommend placing
the base with two people, due to its considerable weight. Then, place the cone in the base’s hole levelly. If your surface
is not entirely level, you can use the base’s adjustable feet to make sure that it is level. Please note that if the adjustable
feet are extended too far, the OFYR
®
unit may become unstable. We recommend a maximum dierence in level of
10 mm. If the level dierence exceeds 10 mm, we recommend levelling the surface before setting up the OFYR
®
cooking unit. Once the OFYR
®
cooking unit has been set up, it must not be shifted. Shifting it could cause damage
to the adjustable feet and/or the rivet nuts with which the adjustable feet are attached. We do not accept warranty
claims or liability for any damage resulting from shifting your OFYR
®
cooking unit. Please note that the OFYR®
Classic Black has a coating and is thus more sensitive to damage during setup. We are not liable for any damage
or consequential damage resulting from the setup of your OFYR
®
cooking unit. Our OFYR® Island models contain
wooden work surfaces on the right. These surfaces have nylon feet that block any heat conduction from the top of
the Island base. The base contains a second top, and there is a gap of a few millimetres between the base and the
top. At the front right, back, or side of the base, this gap can be used to insert the spice tray.
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if you want to direct the heat elsewhere. When you light the re and add new wood to the re, it will generally
smoke for a bit until it catches re properly. This smoke formation can be prevented for the most part by using
our Buadoo blowpipe to blow oxygen into the re, causing the new wood to catch re almost instantly. The ideal
size for the pieces of wood is around 10 x 30 centimetres. We advise against using larger pieces of wood. These do
tend to catch re quickly, but generally do not burn down properly due to the lack of space for oxygen in the cone.
The fact that smaller pieces of wood are preferred is especially true for our 85-100 models, even more so than for
our 100-100 models. For an evening of cooking (4-5 hours) you will need around two Wood Bags of around 50 litres
each, depending on the temperature outside and the weather conditions.
03 INITIAL USE
Upon initial use, it is important to light a smaller 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 cook-
ing plate is heated, it will be pressed down even further, and if you light too big a re during your initial use of
your OFYR
®
cooking unit, this may cause the cooking plate to be pressed 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 g. 5). This means the steel
is incorrectly stressed. If this happens, please contact your dealer. If you light too big a re using wood that reaches
very high temperatures, such as the kind of hardwood that is used in construction, this may cause the cooking plate
to warp entirely (see g. 6). We do not accept warranty claims for any damage resulting from such incorrect usage.
All OFYR
®
cooking plates are treated with oil during manufacture for protection against corrosion. Once you have
prepped the cooking plate properly using a small re, you can start building a larger re. Considering the fact
that OFYR
®
cooking plate tops are 12 mm thick, it takes quite a sizeable re to get them heated through properly.
Once the cooking plate is well heated to heat up, drizzle on olive oil and spread it with a kitchen towel.
Do this 2-3 tim es. Then scrape d own the cooking pl ate with the suppl emented spatula a nd push the scrapings
into the re. We also have a PRO spatula in our product range for intensive use in a professional environment.
Initially, the cooking plate will give o a black substance. Simple drizzle it with olive oil a few more times, spread
out the oil, and scrape down the cooking plate. Once all you can manage to scrape o 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!
We recommend using olive oil the rst 2-3 times you use your OFYR
®
cooking unit. Olive oil has a lower combustion
point, which will help the cooking plate get a nice brown-black hue. After the rst few uses, you can start using oil
types with higher combustion points, such as sunower oil or groundnut oil. Baking the oil into the cooking plate
also protects it from corrosion. However, if the cooking plate is not used for longer periods on end, the oil will dry
out and the cooking plate will start corroding when the weather is humid. To prevent such corrosion from forming,
please refer to Chapter 01, ‘Always outside’.
COOKING PLATE
To prevent the formation of burs on the cooking plate edge, we recommend that you do not roll the cooking plate
during transport, because burs may form and as a result of this the top can no longer be scraped down properly with
a spatula. We recommend lifting the cooking plate with 2 people, due to its considerable weight. You can hold on to it
using the thick outer edge as well as the inner edge. When placing the cooking plate onto the cone, we recommend
that 2 people hold the top’s inner edge and position it over the cone until it clicks into place. If the cooking plate does
not t the cone levelly, you can turn it until its ring settles over the cone.
USAGE
01 ALWAYS OUTSIDE
All OFYR
®
cooking units are made to stand outside in all weather conditions. The base and cone of our OFYR® Classic
and Classic Storage and Island cooking units are made of Corten steel and will already show signs of corrosion when
they arrive. The corrosion process may not yet have fully unfolded, meaning that the unit’s colour will change over time
as the corrosion process progresses. The natural layer of corrosion protects against rust perforation. Please note
that some corrosive water may run down the base and cone during the rst few months and damage the surface the
unit is standing on. We are not liable for any damage resulting from this corrosive wastewater. It is important that you
regularly treat the cooking plate with oil, both its surface and its rim. The cooking plate is made of steel and will corrode
if oil is not baked into it. Once the oil has properly been baked in,
only minor corrosion will develop. When the cooking plate is not
used for longer periods, we recommend treating it with oil every
7-10 days to prevent corrosion. Any corrosion that does develop
can be removed using steel wool. In the event of excessive corrosion
(see g. 4), we recommend polishing its surface with a wire brush
attached to a drill. It is best to heat the cooking plate before-
hand, because that will loosen up the layer of corrosion. Once
the cooking plate has been thoroughly polished, you will be able
to wipe away the polishing residue with a cloth. Once you treat
the cooking plate with oil, it will be good as new again. The base
plate of the cone contains a hole to allow rainwater to drain away.
To prevent the cone from getting clogged, we recommend that you
remove the ashes from the cone after every use. (Hot) ashes may
also drop through the hole in the base plate. You should take this
possibility into account when choosing a surface to place your OFYR
®
cooking unit on. You might want to put a steel
bucket with some water in the base. In the case of our Island and Storage models, the ashes are instead collected on
the top plate. For these models, the way to remove the ashes is by lifting the cone and cooking plate o of the base
to ensure that any rainwater can drain away. The hole in the base plate serves no additional purpose as an air supply
to ensure that the re stays lit. The concrete base has been treated with wax in order to make the surface shiny.
02 WOOD
For optimum user comfort, we recommend using oven-dried wood to prevent smoke formation during cooking.
Moreover, oven-dried wood is much easier to light. Stack the pieces of wood two by two, as if you were building a log
cabin, with the bark facing outwards to further prevent smoke formation. Oven-dried beech wood is best, because it
burns down to a mass of coals that optimally heats up the cooking plate. This mass of coals is easily shifted around
Fig. 5 - Upwards bulged cooking plate
Please note: we recommend the use of gloves when placing the cooking plat.
Also, please be careful not to stain your clothes.
Fig. 6 - Warped cooking plate due to
the use of incorrect wood
Fig. 4 - Excessive corrosion on cooking plate
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