Instructions / Assembly

Curing Your Smoker

ENJOY YOUR CAPTIVA DESIGNS

Prior to your rst use of the smoker, follow the instructions below carefully to cure your smoker. Curing your

smoker will minimize damage to the exterior nish as well as rid the smoker of paint odor that can impart

unnatural avors to the rst meal prepared on the smoker.

IMPORTANT: To protect your smoker from excessive rust, the unit must be properly cured and covered at all

times when not in use.

Step1

Lightly coat all interior surfaces of the smoker with vegetable oil or vegetable oil spray. Do not coat charcoal

grate or inner bowl.

Step2

Follow the instructions below carefully to build a re.

If using a Charcoal Chimney Starter, follow all manufacturer's warnings and instructions regarding the use of

their product. Place charcoal on top of grate in chimney starter until full. Underneath grate place balled up

paper and light with match or lighter thru holes in bottom of chimney sides. Once paper lights, re will spread

up thru charcoal until entire column is glowing red in the bottom with ash formation on top. Pick up by handle

and pour lit charcoal into smoker. Start with 2.4 pounds (1. 1kg) of charcoal. This should be enough charcoal

to cook with, once the curing process has been completed.

IF USING CHARCOAL CHIMNEY STARTER, PROCEED TO STEP 5.

If you choose to use charcoal lighting uid, ONLY use charcoal lighting uid approved for lighting charcoal.

Do not use gasoline, kerosene, alcohol or other ammable materials for lighting charcoal. Follow all

manufacturer's warnings and instructions regarding the use of their product. Start with 2 to 2.4 pounds

(0.9 to 1.1 kg) of charcoal. This should be enough charcoal to cook with, once the curing process has been

completed. Place the charcoal in the center of the charcoal grate.

Step3

Saturate charcoal with lighting uid. With lid open, wait 2 to 3 minutes to allow lighting uid to soak

into charcoal.Store lighting uid a safe distance from the smoker.

Step4

With smoker lid open, stand back and carefully light charcoal. Allow to burn until covered with a light

ash (approximately 20 minutes).

NOTE:

To extend the life of your smoker, make sure that hot charcoal and wood do not touch the walls

of smoker.

WARNING:

Charcoal lighting uid must be allowed to completely burn off prior to closing smoker lid

(approximately 20 minutes). Failure to do this could trap fumes from charcoal lighting uid in smoker

and may result in a ash-re or explosion when lid is opened.