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Additional charcoal and/or wood or an adjustment to the air vents may
be necessary to maintain or increase cooking temperature.
Step 1
Stand back and carefully open grill lid. Use caution since flames
can flare-up when fresh air suddenly comes in contact with fire.
WARNING:
Wear protective gloves or oven mitts when adjusting door
handle, ash tray, cooking height or air vents.
Step 2
Use charcoal grate adjuster crank to place charcoal grate at the
lowest level of cooking chamber. Open door to allow access to
charcoal grate.
Step 3
Stand back a safe distance and use long cooking tongs to lightly
brush aside ashes on hot coals. Use cooking tongs to add charcoal
and/or wood to charcoal grate, being careful not to stir-up ashes
and sparks. If necessary, use your Charcoal Chimney Starter to
light additional charcoal and/or wood and add to existing fire.
WARNING:
Never add charcoal lighting fluid to hot or even warm
coals as flashback may occur causing severe burns.
Step 4
When charcoal is burning strong again, wear oven mitts/gloves and
carefully return charcoal grate to desired cooking level.
Step 5
Close the grill lid and door. Allow food to continue cooking.
Adding Charcoal/Wood
During Cooking
Regulating Heat
To increase heat, more wood and/or charcoal may be needed or an
adjustment to the air vents may be necessary. Follow instructions in
“Adding Charcoal/Wood During Cooking” section of this manual.
To maintain the temperature, more wood and/or charcoal may need
to be added or an adjustment to the air vents may be necessary
during the cooking cycle.
NOTE:
Dry wood burns hotter than charcoal, so you may want to
increase the ratio of wood to charcoal to increase the cooking
temperature. Hardwood such as oak, hickory, mesquite, fruit
and nut wood are an excellent fuel because of their burning
rate. When using wood as fuel, make sure the wood is
seasoned and dry. DO NOT use resinous wood such as pine
as it will produce an unpleasant taste.
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