Worth knowing about our Ramster vaults

Ovens with flat tops are a dime a dozen. But there's always room for improvement! 
We rightly claim to have perfected the Old German wood-fired oven.

Why a vaulted ceiling is better than a straight ceiling is simply illustrated here.

This diagram clearly shows that there are always more flames in the centre of the wood-burning oven than on the outer sides. This is due to the fact that the flames always move in the direction of the oven pipe, which is located in the centre of all wood-burning ovens as standard.
Where the flames reach, the fireclay of the ceiling is heated much more intensely than in areas with fewer flames. 

In an oven with a flat ceiling, this is not taken into account. The level of top heat is the same everywhere.
This results in different baking results.

In our old German vaulted oven, the distance between the ceiling and the baked goods is the same as the heat. A lot of heat in the center ⇒ large distance, little heat at the sides ⇒ small distance. This results in the best baking results without having to move the baked goods, as is necessary with a straight ceiling.
The curved shape allows us to utilise the natural properties of fire and heat.

Another advantage is that you do not have to leave this oven standing. Due to the different fireclay bricks in combination with the fireclay vault, the temperature in the wood-fired oven is almost uniform after firing up. All you have to do is cool down the base bricks and start baking. This saves a lot of time!

Why a Ramster oven?
The vaulted shape of the fireclay top heat allows you to achieve a baking result that will also impress you. Just like our grandmothers when they baked the best bread, the vault technology of a RAMSTER oven completely eliminates the otherwise difficult handling of top and bottom heat (which is unfortunately necessary with many other ovens).
 
Doesn't the vault shape of the top heat lead to different heat development in the oven?
No, quite the opposite. As the heat and flames in the oven's firebox are always concentrated in the centre, this should naturally also be the highest point of the baking chamber.
An example: Everyone knows the flame pattern in the living room fireplace. Where is the heat greatest / where are the most flames? No, not at the edges, but always in the centre of the firebox. This is the reason why we install vaults in our wood-burning ovens. For a better understanding, we have attached a photo of a typical flame pattern in a wood-fired oven. Here you can best see that the heat is greatest in the centre. That's why we build our ovens with vaults.