Graphite-containing refractory and method of producing graphite-containing refractory

A method of producing a graphite-containing refractory within which carbon fiber bundles are placed, the graphite constituting 1% to 80% by mass, the method comprising:

• a bundling step of bundling carbon fibers to form the carbon fiber bundles;
• a mixing step of mixing a refractory raw material with graphite to prepare a graphite-containing refractory raw material;
• a pressing step of pressing the graphite-containing refractory raw material in which the carbon fiber bundles are placed to prepare a formed product;
• and
• a drying step of drying the pressed product,
• wherein the bundling step includes bundling 1000 to 300000 of the carbon fibers with a fiber diameter of 1 to 45 μm/fiber to form carbon fiber bundles 100 mm or more in length,
• end faces of the carbon fiber bundles are a flat shape, and
• the carbon fiber bundles are placed such that longitudinal directions of the end faces of the carbon fiber bundles are the same and that an angle between a pressing surface and the longitudinal direction of each end face is 45 degrees or more and 135 degrees or less.