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Open up door and swing off top hot plate. |
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I start with a few sheets of rolled up newspaper and place them in the fire grill of the base of the OZPIG. I place dry kindling wood on top of the paper at various angles and on top of the kindling I place a few lumps (approx 12) of home fire smokeless coal (CPL smokeless coal seems to work best). Finally I put an amount of BBQ fire lighting fluid making sure it soaks through to the paper and kindling. When you light the paper through the door, stand back when the flame catches. |
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A good flame will engulf the contents of the fire bowl, the coal will light and drop to the base of the fire. Because OZPIG is a solid fuel cooker and heater you may get a little smoke but this will soon disappear. This we then term as the heart of the fire and the coal stays alight for many hours as the OZPIG is slow combustion. |
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From now on the OZPIG will both cook and heat with ease and to ensure good cooking heat just add small pieces of dry wood or kindling to the heart of the fire. Remember the fire needs oxygen so keep the front door open. This will produce a lovely cooking flame to the BBQ plate or base of your kettle or anything else you were using over the cooking area. Add timber at intervals to keep a flame for cooking. |
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If cooking is over and you want good heat and moderate flame from your fire with your door open, swing open the BBQ plate and add decent lengths (30 cms long x 15 cms wide) of good seasoned timber. These will catch very quickly and if the flame starts to get a little high swing the BBQ plate back halfway over the cooking area and close the door slightly. This should calm it down and slow down the rate of burning. Good timber to use is ash or seasoned or kiln dried oak. You can ring you local timber supplier about a supply of these types of wood for best results. |
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Please remember a good flame means very little smoke so don’t choke the fire. |
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The BBQ lighting fluid that is widely available has a delay on lighting so often when I have let the fire go too low I rake the embers put fresh kindling on and add a little more fluid, this will quickly fire things up again. |
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OZPIG can stay lit all night but will need to be tended. Easy when you are fishing or having a late one. |
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When going to bed we close the door and BBQ plate and in the morning recycle what ever has not burnt. We sweep out the cold ashes under the fire grid in the base of the OZPIG and relight the fire as per the instructions at step 1. The moment you have a flame you can boil a kettle. Unlike a regular BBQ when you get a flame you have heat to cook so it can be almost instant when the fire is lit properly. |
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After working with your OZPIG a few times you will soon be familiar with the benefits of the new camping buddy and I am confident that you will have as much fun as Bronne and I cooking and using the OZPIG. We hope these tips help but if you are getting problems don’t worry as we are only a phone call away. |