Overview
What is tandoori cooking?
Tandoori cooking is a method of cooking food in a clay oven at a high temperature in excess of 400c. You can use a tandoori oven which is very versatile, to cook all sorts of food including meat, fish and vegetables.
To create the perfect meat recipe (even tikka style meat as in a restaurant) ideally the meat needs to be left to marinade in the fridge for up to 24 hours or more before use and then the food is then skewered and placed vertically in the clay tandoor pot where the intense heat seals all the flavours of the meat and will then quickly cook the food.
Impress your family and friends with this lovely and simple to use charcoal tandoori oven which is made from Stainless Steel with a carefully crafted reinforced layered clay pot in the centre. The clay is of the finest quality and is strengthened using traditional natural materials which have been used for centuries in the making of clay oven pots and is layered to help prevent cracking, which is a natural thing that happens when clay is fired and is nothing for you to worry about. The oven floor is made from a different clay material which adds strength and helps prolong the life of the floor.
Cooking in a tandoori oven is a perfect way of cooking that special food for all the family and friends. Once lit and when it reaches the optimum operating temperature for cooking (of 400°c +) in approx 45 - 60 mins, you will be able to continue cooking in this beautiful Tandoori oven for about 2 hours or so. Depending on how long you continue to cook for, this will burn approx 5 kgs of charcoal in an average cooking session.
This tandoori oven can cook up to 12 skewers at any one time and is great for all types of Indian cooking including: tandoori chicken, fish, naan bread, tandoori lamb and many styles of kebabs.
Please be very careful when cooking with this tandoori oven as the outside casing will get very hot and can cause serious injuries.
Accessories
Accessories available to purchase with your Tandoori Oven Domestic size
Protective Cover:
Why not help protect your new investment with one of these lightweight polyester covers. This cover will help to protect your tandoori oven against light rain, bird droppings, tree debris etc.
Using a protective cover is good during the summer when the oven will be used fairly often and the weather is good, but please do not leave your tandoori oven outside during the winter months with this cover on.
Extra Skewers:
Need extra skewers so that you can cook more food? Cut down on your prep and cooking time by using some extra skewers to keep those hungry guests happy.
This set of 10 skewers comes with square stainless steel rods with polished wooden handles.
Pizza Plate:
Yes, now you can add that little extra and cook a pizza in your tandoori oven by using one of these pizza plates. Lay your pizza on the plate and simply lower it into the oven, and within minutes it will be cooked and taste just like a tandoori pizza. The kids will love it, and if you like pizza so will you, it's simply an amazing accessory that no tandoori oven owner should be without.
The pizza plate uses a 220mm wide aluminium plate to cook on with vertical bars that are attached to a larger plate which sits at the top of the oven and seals the oven (similar to the heat deflector) to keep the heat in. Simply place your pizza on the tray, lower it into the oven, then minutes later you have a tandoori pizza, simply delicious. Size of pizza will be 220 mm round.
It is recommended when handling the pizza plate that you use adequate hand protection such as heat resistant gloves to avoid any serious injuries.
This accessory is supplied flat packed and is a self assembly item. Please note the specification of the handle may be subject to change without any given notice.
Oven Grate:
This stainless steel made oven grate has been designed to help with controlling the burning of the charcoal and heat in your tandoori oven and is a must have accessory.
When using charcoal in your oven, it is important that the charcoal burns evenly which will help to heat up the walls of the oven quicker and therefore also helping to bring the oven up to and maintain a high temperature for faster cooking.
Heat Deflector:
You will be amazed at the difference this simple accessory will make to the cooking time when using this tandoori oven. This simple heat deflector covers the top of the oven, allowing up to ten skewers to be placed in between the spaces. The advantage of using the heat deflector is that it traps the heat within the oven, creating a much higher cooking temperature, thus reducing cooking times. It is recommended when handling the heat deflector that adequate hand protection is used such as heat resistant gloves to avoid any serious injuries..
This accessory is supplied flat packed and is a self assembly item. Please note the specification of the handle may be subject to change without any given notice.
Price includes VAT and UK *Mainland delivery
*Please call for delivery charges to:
Scottish Highlands & Islands, Ireland, Eire, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Europe.
Safety Guidelines
To help you enjoy and enhance the fun of cooking with this beautiful charcoal tandoori oven, please make sure that the following safety guidelines are followed:
* Make sure that you place your tandoori oven on a flat surface.
* Never pre soak the charcoal in any flammable fuels or liquids.
* Never pour flammable liquid such as petrol, paraffin or lighter fuel into an oven.
* Do not leave your tandoori oven unattended at any time when lit.
* Do not move the oven once lit.
* Never pour water into a hot oven to dampen or extinguish the burning charcoal.
* Skewers are very sharp, take care when skewering food.
* Do not touch the skewer rod when first extracted from the oven as they will be extremely hot and will burn.
* The outside steel casing of the oven will get very hot so please avoid touching the sides.
* Please keep children and pets well away from the sides of the oven when lit.
* Always use heat resistant gloves when slapping naan breads against the hot clay wall.
* Always test the meat and make sure it is cooked before eating.
* Wait for the oven to completely cool down before cleaning.
* Never light a charcoal tandoori oven indoors
FAQ's
Buying a tandoori oven for use in the garden can be a daunting choice with all the various products and suppliers that are available to choose from.
To help you make an informed choice when choosing your tandoori oven, and to answer some of you burning questions we have put together a FAQ and some useful information which we hope you will find useful.
READ OUR USEFUL INFORMATION AND FAQ ON TANDOORI OVENS
If you cannot find your answer in any of the helpful information, then please feel free to drop us an email from our Contact us Page page or call us on 01344 750788.
Delivery
IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Delivery of your new Tandoori Oven will be made as soon as possible after your order has been placed, normally within 3 working days. While the oven will be delivered by a carrier, other accessory bits might be sent under separate cover and be delivered by Royal Mail.
When your delivery arrives, please follow these steps before signing to accept delivery:
1) Ask the driver to please wait a minute while you quickly check the delivery.
2) Check the outside of the Hessian box and if there is any sign of damage, open the box and remove the oven and then check for any dents.
3) Then check the inside of the oven for an internal damage*.
4) If you are happy with the oven then please sign the delivery note.
5) If there is any damage, please take a photo / photo's (to be emailed to For Outdoors)
6) If there is any damage, please make a note on the delivery note outlining brief details of damage and put "Refused Damaged Goods" on the delivery note before signing.
7) Then call For Outdoors on 01344 750788 and let us know of the damage.
8) We will then arrange for another oven to be sent to you.
* If on examining your tandoori oven you notice fine cracks in the pot, do not panic as this is very normal and is easily solved by using some fire cement. This is not a fault in the oven but something that occurs naturally in a clay pot.
Please note that For Outdoors (or its supplier) will not accept liability if the following above procedure is not followed and the goods have not been checked before the driver leaves.
If for some reason no damage is noticed or recorded until after delivery has happened, please inform For Outdoors as soon as possible within 72 hours (3 days) of the damage. Please also supply any photo evidence of any damage. Once we have looked at your photo's we will then decide on a way forward and if necessary will arrange collection of your oven to be returned to our supplier. Once this has been received and inspected, a new oven will be despatched to you.
Tips
We have put together here some tips for both lighting and cooking in your tandoori oven which we hope you will find useful.
A few simple steps to lighting your tandoor oven and keeping it hot:
Firstly it is strongly suggested that when you purchase you tandoor oven that at the same time you purchase one of the oven fire grates. Not only does this help with lighting your tandoor oven, but it will also help to keep your oven hotter for longer.
After placing your oven fire grate in the bottom of your oven pot, we suggest placing a mixture of firelighters and charcoal.
Don't worry if you haven't got one of the oven fire grates, simply follow the instructions below. Please follow these instructions as correct positioning of the firelighters and charcoal will help to burn your fire more evenly and therefore get your tandoor to a better temperature and help it stay hotter longer.
It is important to make sure that the charcoal at the back fires up, so place 3 firelighters to the back of the oven and the place the rest out evenly. Build around the firelighters some charcoal and then light the firelighters.
As soon as the firelighters have lit and burning, gently add some further charcoal (at least 2 kgs) to the fire.
After approx 15 mins of burning, carefully add another 3 kgs to the already burning charcoal and allow for all the charcoal to light and burn through, bringing your tandoor oven up to the correct operating temperature for cooking.
After approx 45 - 60 mins your tandoor oven should now be ready for cooking in.
How to obtain the best cooking results in a tandoor oven:
The hotter the tandoor oven gets, the quicker the food will cook. At the optimum cooking temperature, you can cook skewered pieces of chicken in approx 8 mins.
To prevent the last piece of meat on a skewer from charring or being burnt, push on either a layer of onion or a slice of potato.
It is always best to check you food half way through cooking to check on the progress of the cooking. It is also an ideal time to baste your food with some butter or fresh marinade before continuing to cook.
When you are happy that the food is cooked and ready to serve, please make sure that you remove the skewers in the same order as you placed them in the tandoor oven.
For joints of meat you will need to use probably 6 or more skewers to support you meat in the tandoor oven. It also will help if you place some foil over the end of the meat nearest to the charcoal (bottom of skewers) as this will help to prevent the meat being burnt to a cinder.
Best of all sit back with a beer while your food is cooking and when ready - SIMPLY ENJOY.
