User Manual

Barbecuing
Your Family Q
TM
has been designed to cook
magnicent steaks. To get the best results
with steak, cook on the grill-bars rather
than on a hotplate. Only use a hotplate
when there is the potential for a lot of fat
to come away from the meat or when cook-
ing eggs, pancakes and the like. Where a
recipe in this cooking guide requires you
to ‘barbecue’, it is recommended that you
turn the meat only once, halfway through
cooking. Always barbecue with the lid
closed, these barbecues are not designed to
cook with the lid up. Even when cooking on
a hotplate always cook with the lid down.
Whether you are barbecuing meat on the
grill or on the breakfast plate, it is impor-
tant that you pre-heat the barbecue before
cooking. The instructions for pre-heating
your Family Q
TM
follow.
Pre-heating and Barbecuing
To pre-heat your Family Q
TM
, open the lid
and turn the small burner control knob to
START/HI (Photograph A). Press the red ig-
nition button to light the barbecue. Once
alight, turn the large burner control knob to
START/HI (Photograph B). Close the lid and
allow the barbecue to heat up for at least
10 minutes, but no longer than 15 minutes.
Your Family Q
TM
is now pre-heated and
ready for barbecuing. Leave both burners
set on START/HI throughout the barbecuing
process when using the grill. Remember to
always cook with the lid down. If you are
cooking with a hotplate or breakfast plate
remember to allow plenty of time for it to
heat up. Always pre-heat the plate with the
lid down and test it with a droplet of water
to make sure it’s hot enough to cook on.
Roasting
Unless otherwise specied, when a recipe in
this cooking guide requires you to ‘roast’, it
is recommended that you remove your hot-
plate (if you have one) and use the Family
Q
TM
roasting trivet accessory. Using this ac-
cessory allows air to convect all around the
roast for more even cooking. To ensure the
bottom of the roast is not scorched by the
hot grill bars, make sure the centre burner
is left off.
You will need a sheet of foil that is folded
to produce a ‘heat-shield’ of double thick-
ness between the grill and the base of the
trivet (double thickness creates an air gap
between the two layers of foil which assists
insulation). This foil lies on the cooking grill
directly below the roasting trivet (Photo-
graphs C & D). With the foil in position cre-
ate slits in the foil so that the fat from the
roast can drain away. When doing this we
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Photograph A
Photograph B
Photograph C