Prevent a Burned Bottom on Cakes and Bread

The Hajka outdoor oven is designed with a heat reflector that reduces bottom heat, providing very even heat distribution. However, there can sometimes be too much bottom heat when baking.

The article covers how to prevent burning the bottom when baking:

Directly on the oven grate
In the baking tin
With the pizza/baking steel

General ideas to reduce bottom heat

Always preheat your Hajka when baking, as you do with your ordinary oven at home. Preheating reduces the baking time, thereby preventing the bottom from burning.

Use low effect/heat when baking.

Use parchment paper on the oven grate, in the baking tin or on the pizza/baking plate - double layers are even more effective! Parchment paper with a structure isolates heat even better. You can also wrinkle the parchment paper by wrinkling it and then flattening it again—this creates an air gap.

Round parchment paper for air fryers (18 cm) is also perfect. There are also baking trays made of parchment paper specifically designed for use with air fryers.

See this blog post on how to cut a perfect round of parchment paper.

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Bake directly on the oven grate - reduce bottom heat

Use parchment paper, reusable silicone parchment paper or a silicone mat for air fryers.

Bend the flaps on the oven grate that centre the baking tin. Then, turn the oven grate upside down. The flaps then create more distance from the stainless plate.

When you put the oven grate upside down, the flaps create more distance from the stainless plate.

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Bake in the baking tin - reduce bottom heat

Note! Baking tin can be placed on the stainless plate + oven grate OR on the pizza/baking steel

Preheat on medium heat, then bake on low heat.

Use parchment paper; double layers are even more effective.

Use a silicone baking mould - an 18 cm (7 inches) baking mould fits the Hajka. You will find them on Amazon or in kitchen stores.
Search term: "Air Fryer Silicone Baking Tray 18 cm"

Bend the flaps on the oven grate that centre the baking tin. Then, turn the oven grate upside down. The flaps then create more distance from the stainless plate (see image above).

Use the heat distributor (images below)

The baking tin on top of the baking steel, the oven grate reduces bottom heat.

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Bake with the pizza/baking steel- reduce bottom heat

Use parchment paper, reusable silicone parchment paper or a silicone mat for air fryers.

Place the stainless plate on the heat reflector (the part with the hooks) in combination with the pizza/baking steel. This will lower the bottom heat significantly.

Add the oven grate under the pizza/bread.

When using the pizza/baking steel in combination with baking tin, you can also add the oven grate below—with the flaps up or down. With the flaps facing down, the bottom heat will be significantly less.

Baking steel in combination with the stainless plate.