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Operating Instructions
ASSEMBLY IS DONE. LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!
1. REMOVE heat intake and air intake slides.
2. Open hopper lid and hopper ash door.
• There is a safety switch at each of these doors that will prevent the fan from running when these doors are opened.
• If charcoal remains from a previous cook, shake the charcoal grate to ensure all ash falls through to the ash tray.
• Discard any ash from the ash tray.
3. Fill hopper with charcoal.
• Approximately 16 lbs. of charcoal briquets.
• Approximately 10 lbs. of lump charcoal.
• Never use matchlight charcoal.
• Never use charcoal lighting fl uid.
4. Place fi re starter in charcoal grate and light.
5. Turn on controller and set to desired temperature.
6. Close hopper lid and ash door.
• This will activate the fan.
7. Wait for grill to reach desired set temperature.
• Approximately 12 minutes to reach 700°F (370°C).
• Approximately 7 minutes to reach 225°F (105°C).
START-UP
RELOAD
If it is necesary to refi ll the hopper while cooking, follow the safe reloading instructions below.
• The fan will turn off if you open the hopper lid or ash door. This reduces the chimney effect created when these doors
are opened.
• Gravity fed technology works by maintaining a completely sealed hopper. When the hopper lid is opened fl ame will rise
from the top of the hopper like a torch. Closing the hopper lid and ash door will return the fl ame to the normal operating
level.
• The amount of charcoal in the hopper determine show quickly fl ame will rise when the hopper lid is opened.
Adding charcoal:
1. Open hopper lid.
• Use caution. Hopper lid will be hot.
• Flame will rise from hopper after a short time depending on the charcoal level.
2. Pour charcoal into hopper.
3. Close hopper lid.
SHUTDOWN
1. Turn controller off.
2. Close grill lid, hopper lid and ash door.
3. Install heat intake and air intake slides.
• The grill is designed to starve the charcoal of oxygen when shut down. This allows a percentage of unused charcoal to
be saved for the next cook.