Assembly Instructions

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Safety and Care Advice
Manual Ignition Instruction for Side Burner
• Set the control knob to the off position.
• Apply a lit match on the gap to burner ports.
• Push and turn the control knob anti-clockwise to max position and the burner should ignite. If the
burner fails to ignite, contact your local dealer for assistance.
Grill Cooking
The burners heat up the flame tamer underneath the grill, which in turn heats the food on the grill. The
natural food juices produced during cooking fall onto the hot flame tamer below and vaporise. The sub-
sequent rising smoke bastes the food, as it travels upwards, imparting that unique barbecued flavor.
Roasting Hood Cooking
Barbecues equipped with a roasting hood give the option to form an ‘oven’ for roasting or baking food,
such as joints of meat or whole chickens, etc. More even cooking of food will actually be achieved by using
the barbecue with the hood down. However, this should only be done with the burners on low.
For best results, place the food you wish to bake or roast on a metal baking tray and set it on one side of
the cooking grill.
Turn the burner directly under the food to the OFF position and turn all other burners to a LOW to MEDIUM
position.
Close the hood to cook the food ‘indirectly’. Avoid lifting the hood unnecessarily as heat is lost every time
the hood is opened. If the hood is opened during cooking please allow extra time for the barbecue to regain
its temperature and complete the cooking. Use the temperature gauge (if applicable) to monitor the heat of
the barbecue.
If the internal heat becomes too high, turn the burners down to the low position. It is not necessary or
advisable to have all of the burners on high when the hood is closed.
DO NOT ALLOW YOUR BARBECUE TO OVERHEAT. Take care when opening the hood as hot steam
can be released on opening.
Flare-Up Control *Very Important Notice*
Flare-ups occur when meat is barbecued, and its fat and juices fall upon the hot flame tamer. Smoke of
course helps give food its barbecued flavour, but it is best to avoid excessive flare-up to prevent food
being burned. To control flare-ups, it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to trim away excess fat from meat
and poultry before grilling, use cooking sauces and marinades sparingly and try to avoid very cheap cuts
of meat or meat products as these tend to have a high fat and water content. Also, the burners should
always be placed on the low setting during cooking.
When flare-ups do occur, they can usually be extinguished by applying baking soda or salt directly onto
the flame tamer. Always protect your hands when handling anything near the cooking surface of the bar-
becue and take care to protect yourself from the flames.
If a fat fire occurs, please see the instructions given below.
Fat Fires
Empty and clean the drip tray, of food debris after each cooking session. If the barbecue is to be used for
large gatherings, it will be necessary to turn off and cool the barbecue every two hours to remove food
debris from the drip tray, and clean it out. The time between cleaning may need to be reduced if very
fatty foods or cheap meat products are being cooked. Failure to do this may result in a fat fire, which
may cause injury and could seriously damage the barbecue.