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Cooking Methods And Grilling Tips
Direct Heat
Direct heat cooking means that the food is placed on grill grates directly over the lighted burners.
• The lid position can be either up or down.
• If the lid is in the up position, generally cooking time may be longer.
• Direct heat is used to sear the food to seal in the natural juices by cooking with intense heat for a short period of time. The
outside of the food is browned with a flavorful grilled coating
Before Grilling
• Make sure that the food items are completely thawed before grilling.
• With the grill lid closed, heat the grill on high for 5-10 minutes.
• DO NOT
lift the lid during the preheating process.
• The preheating process with high heat is necessary to brown and seal juices of the food.
• For high-fat meat and poultry, trim excess fat from meats and shorten the preheat time. Both will help reduce flare-ups
from dripping grease.
• Lightly oil the cooking grates when cooking lowfat meat, fish or poultry. Beware that using too much oil can cause a gray
ash to deposit on the food.
During Grilling
• The temperature gauge on the lid indicates the cooking temperature inside the grill.
• Turn foods only once if possible. Juices are lost when meat is turned several times.
• Turn meat just when the juices begin to appear on the surface.
• Avoid puncturing or cutting the meat to test doneness. This allows the juices to escape.
• Add barbecue sauce only during the last 10 minutes of cooking to avoid burning the sauce.
• The doneness of the meat will be controlled by the type of meat, the size, shape and thickness of the meat, the heat setting
or method, and the length of time on the grill.
• Cooking time will be longer with an open grill lid.
• Allow for more cooking time on cold and windy days, or at higher altitudes. In reverse, allow for less cooking time in
extremely hot weather.
• Grilling conditions may require adjustments of the burners to obtain and maintain the correct cooking temperatures.
• Use tongs for turning and handling meat instead of a fork, to avoid losing the meat juices.
• If a flare up occurs, turn the control knob to the “
• OFF
” position and move the food to another area of the cooking grate.
After flames subside, relight the burners using the lighting instruction in this manual.
• NEVER
use water to extinguish flame on a gas grill.