How It Works
Traditional Pit Cooking
Enjoy the flavours of underground cooking with Top Tanoor. Here’s how it works—step by step:
Cooking Shuwa, Mandi, Muthbi or other traditional Middle Eastern meals.
1-Add Wood
Place 3-4 pieces of hardwood (like sumr) inside the oven. This gives you that rich, authentic flavour and traditional experience. Alternatively, use natural charcoal and wood chips for a faster experience.
2-Ignite with Gas
Turn on the gas ignition to light the wood quickly and cleanly. No smoke clouds, no waiting around—just fast, easy ignition.
3-Insert the drip pan
Insert the drip pan into the tanoor to remove excess liquid from the tanoor and protect the bottom meat.
4-Load the Meat
Wrap your marinated meat in banana or palm leaves, place it inside, and close the lid. The oven seals completely to trap heat, smoke, and moisture—just like a traditional tanoor.
5-Cook with electricity
The oven holds steady heat for hours using electricity (Al Wadi & Al Hufra uses gas but still completely seals). It cooks faster than a pit, but just as flavourful
6-Monitor and adjust
Additionally, use the smart thermometer or Inkbird controller to track oven and meat temperatures from your phone to cook perfectly every time. Want it smokier? Juicier? You’re in control. Adjust your settings to customise your meal.
7-Unwrap & Enjoy
Open the lid, unwrap your shuwa, and enjoy meat that’s tender, juicy, and packed with traditional flavour—without the hassle of digging a pit.
How to bake, roast, smoke and grill
TRI HEAT FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Understand the Strengths of Each Heat Source
GAS
Fast and efficient, but adds little flavour.
ELECTRICITY
Steady heat and lets you cook as a sealed tanoor, though slower to adjust the temperature..
CHARCOAL/WOOD
Rich flavour, but slower to ignite and adjust the temperature.
Combine Heat Sources for the Best Results
Use Gas To
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Cook exclusively on gas with the grill open or closed like an oven. Add wood chips for smoking.
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Use it in combination with wood/charcoal/electricity to achieve the following:
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Quickly ignite wood or charcoal.
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Preheat the oven fast (200°C in 5 minutes, 400°C in 12 minutes),
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Boost heat at the end for reverse searing or crisping.
Use Charcoal To
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Cook exclusively on charcoal with the lid open or closed like an oven. Add wood chips for smoking.
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Cook with deep smoky flavour.
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Control temperature manually via vents (90°C to 400°C).
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Automate temperature control using the optional Inkbird controller (Al Wadi, Al Shatti, Al Jabal (Pre-installed in Al Jabal), 90°C to 300°C.
Use Electricity To
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Cook exclusively on electricity like an oven. Add wood chips for smoking.
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Cook with the oven fully sealed, like a traditional underground oven but for modern dishes.
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Retain moisture and prevent drying at high temperatures.
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Keep food warm at 65°C—ideal after shuwa or while waiting for guests.
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In Al Wadi & Al Hufra, this is done using our unique gas-based system.
Use Wood To
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Cook exclusively on wood with the lid open to BBQ or closed like a tanoor, adding intense, natural flavour.
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Open the vents and use gas at the end for a crispy finish.
Choose Your Cooking Setup
Open Grilling
Use a cooking grid only.
Short Oven Cooks
(<1 hr)
Use perforated pans for airflow.
Long Oven Cooks
(>1 hr)
Use solid drip pans for indirect heat.
Multi-Level Cooking
Mix and match across three levels (e.g. chicken in a perforated pan below, veggies in a solid pan above).
Preheat Your Oven
GAS
Lid closed, vents fully open. Adjust temp using the gas knob. Takes precedence over other heat sources.
ELECTRICITY
Plug in and set desired temp.
CHARCOAL
Lid closed—adjust temp using vents. Lid open—use bottom vent. Automate with Inkbird.
WOOD
Lid closed—adjust temp using vents. Lid open—control temp with bottom vent.
Start Cooking
Place your meat or dish inside and let the magic begin.
Use the Inkbird thermometer to control the temperature when using charcoal on Al Wadi, Al Shatti or Al Jabal.
Monitor and adjust
Optionally, use the smart thermometer or the Inkbird controller to monitor your oven and meat temperatures from your phone to cook it perfectly every time.
Which Top Tanoor Is Right for You?
Select the Top Tanoor engineered for your space and gatherings.
All models deliver authentic pit flavour — with select models offering full BBQ grill capability, varying in size, fuel integration, and performance features.
