First firing and curing

Cure it: medium to low flame, 30 minutes

Outdoors only. Never in a building, garage, tent, vehicle, boat, or under a balcony or deck, and never as a heater. Never cover the mouth while it is lit, and keep 50 mm clear round the base of the dock for air: the fumes contain carbon monoxide (the manual).

1. Check the wedges and packing are out and the leak test has passed.
2. Light the burner.
3. Turn the dial back towards 7 o'clock for a medium to low flame.
4. Run it like that for 30 minutes to cure the oven (the manual; help centre).
5. Then turn it up to a high flame, towards 9 o'clock.
6. Cook, or turn it off: cylinder valve first.

Cure it again the same way after a long spell without use (the manual).