Dropping the Temperature

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Published 2016

The temperature in the oven will drop naturally once the fire has died down, but if you want to drop the temperature more quickly you can:

Leave the door open to encourage the heat to come out of the door.
Sweep the base of your oven with a wet dish towel attached to a metal peel.
Rake over the embers with a coal hook to spread them into a single layer, rather than leaving them in a bank, which will retain the heat longer.