Preparing To Use Your Smoker; Smoker Maintenance; Cooking Tips - Char-Broil 15202022 Guía Del Producto

PREPARING TO USE YOUR SMOKER

Before cooking with your smoker, the following steps should be
closely followed to both cure the finish and season the interior
steel. Failure to properly follow these steps may damage the
finish and/or impart metallic flavors to your first foods.
1. Brush all interior surfaces including grills and grates with
vegetable cooking oil.
2. Build a small fire on the fire grate or pan, being sure not to
lay coals against the walls.
3. Close door. (Position damper and smokestack damper
approximately at one quarter open.) This burn should be
sustained for at least two hours, the longer the better. Then,
begin increasing temperature by opening the damper and
smokestack damper half-way and adding more charcoal.
Your smoker is now ready for use.
Rust can appear on the inside of your smoker. Maintaining a
light coat of vegetable oil on interior surfaces will aid in the
protection of your unit. Exterior surfaces of smoker may need
occasional touch up. We recommend the use of a commercially
available black high temperature spray paint. NEVER PAINT
THE INTERIOR OF THE UNIT !

SMOKER MAINTENANCE

Frequency of clean up is determined by how often the grill is
used. Make sure coals are completely extinguished before
cleaning inside of the unit. Thoroughly rinse with water and allow
to air dry before using again. Wipe out the interior of the unit with
a cloth or paper towels.
When finished cooking, and the unit has adequately cooled,
clean out all remaining ashes. Ashes collect moisture, which can
lead to premature rusting and decay. Periodically coating the
interior surfaces with vegetable oil will aid in the protection of
your unit. Also, occasional touch up of the exterior paint will be
required. Black, high-temperature spray paint is recommended.
NEVER PAINT THE INTERIOR OF THE UNIT.
Cooking Surface: If a bristle brush is used to clean any of the
grill cooking surfaces, ensure no loose bristles remain on
cooking surfaces prior to grilling. It is not recommended to clean
cooking surfaces while grill is hot.

COOKING TIPS

Building Your Fire
1. Stack charcoal briquettes or wood into a pyramid-shaped pile
on top of the charcoal grate or ash pan. We recommend using
4 pounds (approximately 60 briquettes) to start your fire,
adding more as needed.
2. If using lighter fluid, saturate the charcoal briquettes with
lighter fluid and let it soak in for approximately 5 minutes. If
using a chimney starter, electric starter, or other type of fire
starter, light your fire according to the manufacturer's
instructions.
3. Always light the fire with the grill lid open.
Leave lid open until briquettes are fully lit. Failure to do this
could trap fumes from charcoal lighter fluid in grill and may
result in a flash fire when lid is opened.
4. Never add charcoal lighter fluid to hot or warm coals as
flashbacks may occur causing injury.
5. You are ready to begin cooking when the pile of briquettes
ashes over and produces a red glow (approximately 12 – 15
minutes).
6. Depending on your cooking method, either leave the
briquettes in a pile or spread evenly across the charcoal grate
using a long-handled poker.
KNOW WHEN YOUR FIRE IS READY
Successful charcoal grilling depends on a good fire. The general
rule for knowing when your coals are ready for grilling is to
make sure that 80 percent or more of the coals are ashy gray.
Using caution, arrange the hot coals on your charcoal grate
based on your desired method of cooking. Here are a few steps
you can take to adjust the temperature of your fire:
-If it is too hot, spread the coals out a bit more, which makes the
fire less intense.
-Raise or lower the adjustable charcoal grate.
-Partially close the vents in the grill, which reduces the amount
of oxygen that feeds the fire.
-Use the indirect grilling method, with coals to either side of drip
pan and the food over the pan rather than directly over the
coals.
-In the event of a severe flare-up, spray the flames with water
from a squirt bottle. Be careful, spraying with water tends to
blow ashes around and make a mess.
-Add briquettes 2 or 3 at a time to increase the burn time. Allow
10 minutes for coals to ash over before adding more.
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