INSTALLATION / USE & CARE
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PRE-HEATING
Pre-heating your grill every time you use it is extremely
important. Pre-heating allows the briquettes to properly heat
up, providing more even and more consistent cooking results.
Pre-heat your grill by igniting all burners and setting them to
“HI”.
Then close the hood and allow the grill to heat for 10 to
15 minutes. Once you’ve reached your desired pre-heat
temperature, turn off the burners that you won’t be using to
cook your food. Remember, surface temperature can be up
to 200° higher.
TYPES OF COOKING
The Trident™ burnersin your grill are capable of creating a
range of heat intensities. By varying the heat output, the
number of burners used and the position of the hood, you can
create either direct or indirect heat or a combination of both
and develop a wide variety of succulent recipes. There are
two basic types of grilling in an outdoor grill...
Direct Heat and
Indirect Heat
Direct Heat
Direct heat cooking occurs when foods are placed directly
over the heat source. This form of heat is known as “radiant”
heat because the heat radiates directly from the source to the
food.
Direct heat is a must when you want to sear the outside of
your food to seal in fl avor. Trident™ Burners provide the heat
necessary to sear foods and seal in fl avor.
Indirect Heat
Indirect heat cooking occurs when the food is not close to the
heat source. Heat reaches the food via air movement within
the cooking area. This form of heat is known as “convection”
heat.
Indirect, or “convection” cooking is achieved by placing
the food on one side of the grill and igniting burners on the
other side. You leave the burner below the food “OFF”. You
should keep the hood closed as much as possible during this
type of cooking to maintain even heat around the food. You
regulate the heat by adjusting the burner and using the hood
thermometer to monitor the temperature.
Professional restaurant chefs rely on a diff erent type of heat
... infrared heat ... to create a higher searing temperature than
what standard burners can achieve. Lynx Grills provides the
Trident™ infrared burner.
Infrared burners work by focusing the gas fl ame through a
ceramic element fi lled with tiny holes.
These holes focus the fl ame on the surface of the element,
creating an intense heat much higher than that of a standard
brass burner. It allows you to sear your food more quickly
while leaving the inside rare, if desired.
The Trident™ burner, with its advanced components, requires
particular attention to lighting, usage and cleaning guidelines.
Pre-Heating the Trident™ Burner
Always preheat the entire grill before cooking to achieve
consistent, successful results.
If the grill is already hot from cooking you should still pre-heat
the Trident™ burner for 2-3 minutes, or until it glows red.
Never place food over a Trident™ burner before it is fully pre-
heated because food particles and grease dripping onto a
cold Trident™ burner can clog the tiny ports and damage the
burner.
For the same reason you should minimize water spills on the
Trident™ burner and should not use water to control fl are-ups.
Take special care to minimize dropping any liquids on the
Trident™ burner while cleaning the cooking grids.
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DO NOT LEAVE THE GRILL UNATTENDED DURING
THE PRE-HEAT CYCLE OR AT ANY TIME WHILE THE
GRILL IS IN USE.
PRE-HEATING FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES
MAY OVERHEAT THE GRILL, CAUSING DAMAGE TO
THE GRILL.
WARNING!
USING THE TRIDENT™ BURNER
