When firing up your Dome for the first time or if it hasn’t been used for a while, we recommend a 30 minute curing fire first. This prevents any thermal shock in the oven, especially during the colder months! To do this we recommend building up a very small fire initially is using on wood or using the lower flame setting on the gas burner. Keep this as a small fire for around 30 minutes before building the fire up or operating at full flame.