Kenmore 125.15884801, Use And Care Manual

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CAUTION: The wood chip box and lid get very hot. Avoid
handling them while in use. Always wear
protective oven mitts when handling hot
components.
Cooking Tip – Flavoring wood:
• Small wood chips work best inside the wood chip box.
• Use dry hardwoods such as hickory, pecan, apple,
cherry, or mesquite.
• Most fruit or nut tree woods produce excellent smoke
flavoring.
• Do not use resinous woods such as pine or plywood.
These usually produce unpleasant flavoring.
• Let your taste be your guide – experiment with different
types and quantities of wood chunks, chips, or sticks.
You can even mix woods.
• To produce more smoke and to prevent fast burning, pre-
soak the wood chips in a separate bowl of water for at
least 20 minutes, or wrap the chips in perforated
aluminum foil.
• Most smoke flavoring occurs within the first hour of
cooking. Adding wood chips after the first hour is
typically not necessary unless extra smoke flavoring is
desired.
1. Perform leak test at least twice yearly or after
connecting propane tank. Check all connections for
leaks using the “soapy water” test as explained on
page 15.
2. Open the smoker cabinet door.
3. Check for any blockage to the burner. Remove any
foreign objects or matter.
4. Be sure the burner control knob is in the “OFF” position.
5. Open the LP cylinder valve by turning counter-clockwise.
6. To light unit with the igniter, push in and turn the burner
control knob counter-clockwise to the high setting.
7. Immediately rotate the igniter repeatedly to click it
several times (you should see a small spark jumping
from the end of the electrode rod to the side of the
burner). If the burner doesn’t light within 5 seconds, turn
the burner control knob off and wait five minutes for gas
to clear before repeating the steps again. If burner still
fails to light try match lighting the smoker using the
instructions noted below.
8. Once the burner is lit, then close the door to allow heat
to accumulate.
IGNITER LIGHTING SYSTEM:
ADDING WOOD/CHARCOAL
To add wood chips before cooking, simply fill the wood chip
box with your choice of flavoring hardwood chips. The
amount and type of wood you use is entirely up to you. One
full box is typically enough for several hours of smoking.
Once the box is filled, place the lid on top of the box and
set the box in the smoker.
To add wood chips while cooking, we recommend using
tongs or long handled pliers to remove the box lid and to
place the pieces into the wood chip box without removing
the box. It is not recommended to remove the wood chip
box while the smoker is in operation.
LIGHTING PROCEDURES
Rotary Ignitor