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Curing your smoker
Prior to your first use of the Smoker, follow the instructions below carefully to cure your smoker. Curing your
smoker will minimize damage to the exterior finish as well as rid the smoker of paint odor that can impart
unnatural flavors to the first meal prepared on the smoker.
IMPORTANT: To protect your smoker from excessive rust, the unit must be properly cured and
covered at all times when not in use.
Step 1
Lightly coat all interior surfaces of the smoker with vegetable oil or vegetable oil spray.
Do not
coat charcoal
grate or inner bowl.
Step 2
Follow the instructions
below carefully to build a fire. You may use charcoal and / or wood as fuel in the
smoker (see “Adding Charcoal / Wood During Cooking” section of this manual).
If using a Charcoal Chimney Starter, follow all manufacturer’s warnings and instructions regarding the use of
their product. Place charcoal on top of grate in chimney starter until full. Underneath grate place balled up
paper and light with match or lighter thru holes in bottom of chimney sides. Once paper lights, fire will spread
up thru charcoal until entire column is glowing red in the bottom with ash formation on top. Pick up by handle
and pour lit charcoal into smoker. Start with 2.4 pounds (1.1kg) of charcoal. This should be enough charcoal
to cook with, once the curing process has been completed.
NOTE: To extend the life of your smoker, make sure that hot coals and wood do not touch the walls
of smoker.
IF USING CHARCOAL CHIMNEY STARTER, PROCEED TO STEP 5.
If you choose to use charcoal lighting fluid,
ONLY use charcoal lighting fluid
approved for lighting
charcoal.
Do not use gasoline, kerosene, alcohol
or other flammable materials for lighting charcoal.
Follow all manufacturer’s warnings and instructions regarding the use of their product. Start with 2 to 2.4
pounds (0.9 to 1.1 kg) of charcoal. This should be enough charcoal to cook with, once the curing process
has been completed. Place the charcoal in the center of the charcoal grate.
Step 3
Saturate charcoal with lighting fluid. With lid open, wait 2 to 3 minutes to allow lighting fluid to soak into
charcoal.
Store lighting fluid a safe distance from the smoker.
Step 4
With smoker lid open, stand back and carefully light charcoal. Allow to burn until covered with a light ash
(approximately 20 minutes).
WARNING
Charcoal lighting fluid must be allowed to completely burn off prior to closing smoker lid
(approximately 20 minutes). Failure to do this could trap fumes from charcoal lighting fluid in
smoker and may result in a
flash-fire or explosion when lid is opened
.
