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lift the radiant out, and turn it over. This will allow the grease to burn off the bottom of the radiant and
provide a relatively clean, grease free surface to grill over each time.
When you are finished grilling, turn off the gas at the bottles and let the flames go out in the burners. After
the flames have died, turn the burners off (horizontal position). By turning off the gas before turning off the
burners, any gas trapped in the gas lines will be burned off.
ROASTING ON THE COOKER
What to Roast
All ClassicCooker Tow-Behind models and the ClassicCooker Patio Cooker come
standard as both a grill and a slow roaster. We have roasted – and have had customers
roast – whole hog (up to 165lbs.), turkeys, pork shoulders, hams, ribs, pit beef, lamb, and
venison on our units – right on the grates, without a rotisserie!
Getting Ready
Open the dome and remove the two cooking grates. Remove the roasting pan and
examine the inside of the cooker to make sure that it is clean and there is not any grease
build-up.
If you want to
add smoke
to your roasting, now is the time to get the cooker ready. Place
chunks of wood ( note chunks, not chips) that have been soaking at least six hours
directly onto the radiant, toward the front of the cooker. Apple and cherry are my
favorite, but mesquite and hickory work well too. Just make sure to use fairly large
pieces and that they are soaked through to prevent flame-ups. Depending on the size of
the wood, you will get smoke from 3-6 hours.
Start the cooker. Make sure all control knobs are in the “off” or horizontal position and
turn on both LP tanks. Turning on both tanks will prevent freeze up and will allow you to
get 10-12 hours of continuous cooking time. Also this will deplete both tanks
simultaneously, so you don’t use one tank and then find that the other tank is empty. One
at a time, turn on a burner and then light the burner using the flex lighter provided with
the unit. Burners will not light off each other and have to be lit individually. Continue
until all burners are lit.
Over the Fire
Set the roasting pan in place. The roasting pan is the 5’ stainless steel, beveled pan that came with the
cooker.
Make sure to position the roasting pan so that the opening on the end sits above the funnel
that leads to the opening in the bottom of the grill
(hole should be toward the rear of the grill). If it is
not in place properly, the grease from your food will go into the bottom of the grill and there is a real
