Make sure the fire is big enough to get to 600 degrees. My first attempt only got to 300 As a Woodfired Bread Baker told me, make sure you sit in front of your fire and watch it at first, preferably with a glass of wine, to learn about its quirks before you put any food in it

Love this oven We replaced a working 1980's 3/4 size oven with this new one, and are very happy with it. The only thing is that it shows a temperature less than what was input, but the food is cooked to perfection. Will recommend to anyone. Beautiful product, in addition!!

Moved in with junk empava appliances Moved into a rental. Empava oven and stove. Total junk. Stove had a broken door seal. Unable to find a replacement anywhere other than “one” from eBay for 80 dollars. Contacted Empala multiple times with no avail. Send us twenty dollars through PayPal they said. I asked for a part number and would be happy to buy the part. Never happened. Questionable. Now the overly complicated stove won’t turn on. Total junk. At least have parts available and decent customer service. There are a lot of brands I would prefer not to purchase but they are looking great compared to empava. Junk,junk,junk!!!

empava oven Sister bought an oven that malfunctioned within a month so empava sent an inferior model as a replacement. A model that listed over $100 less than the malfunctioning model. This is wrong Update: my sister contacted Empava and they refunded the difference from the two models. This is ok but she still has an oven she really didn’t want but they at least made the money part right. So I will change the rating.

Company is a nightmare Their cooktop stopped working after 7 months. Then the real nightmare began. Empava seems to have one guy named Aaron who handles customer service calls in the US. I called and told him there was a loud pop and it no longer worked. He told me they would ship a new one the next day and would send me a tracking number. Great. A week later nothing. Called, got Aaron again. Told me the same thing. Few days go by I get an email saying a replacement has been shipped, but didn't get a tracking number. Ten days later the new cooktop arrives, only its a range hood, not a cooktop. Called customer service again. No answer this time. Left a couple of message over the next couple of days and no call back. Tried their online chat, no one responds there. Sent more emails. They ask me to open the box and take pictures to prove its not a cooktop. Did that. Then they ask me to seal the box back up and arrange with Fed Ex myself to come get the item they sent! The box is still sitting on my living room floor because Fed Ex never showed up. They finally send me a new cooktop a couple of days ago, but its a different model and size than the one I bought and leaves a slight gap in coverage at the back. I write customer service again telling them at the very least I need a trim kit to cover the gap. They write back and say they don't have a trim kit and "Could you please keep it?" This is exhausting. I give up. Never Empava again. Ever.