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Please read these helpful cooking and maintenance tips before cooking on the Fuego grill.
COOKING OVERVIEW:
It is important that the grill surface be heated up before cooking. Fuego’s grill grates are made
out of cast iron with enamel coating. The cast iron material ensures maximum and uniform
temperature transfer, as well as optimum heat retention for best cooking results. The enamel
coating eases clean up and protects the grates from rusting.
PREPARING THE CAST IRON GRATES:
Before cooking, we recommend coating the cast iron grates with a thick coat of cooking oil (or
spray) to prevent food from sticking to the surface. Coat the cool grate surface before heating.
Also coat the cast iron frames around the grates to help with cleanup and future maintenance.
WARMING UP THE GRILL:
Ignite the grill burner(s), and set the temperature to high. Cover the grill with the lid and
let stand for 10 minutes. This will ensure that the cast iron grates are well heated and ready
for cooking. Heating time might vary depending on the surrounding outside temperature.
Once the grates are heated, retract the lid and start cooking food. Be sure to follow the time
recommendations on page 21.
IDENTIFYING THE SURFACE HEAT ZONES:
Our grills are con gured with a heat diffuser panel under the grate to properly retain and
channel heat from the burners. This panel can easily be removed for cleaning and is
dishwasher safe.
SURFACE HEAT ZONES:
The con guration of our burners enables the surface
area to have two heat zones. The Cooking Zone is the
highest temperature zone and is where all food
should be cooked. The Warming Zone is where food
can be placed to remain warm while the remainder
of the food is nishing cooking, Fig. 32.
MAINTENANCE
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COOKING
TIPS
HOT
ZONE
HOT
ZONE
WARM ZONE
WARM ZONE
Fig. 32