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COOKING TIPS
Before cooking on your barbecue for the first time, burn-off
any residual oils or foreign matter from the cooking plates.
ENSURE THE HOOD OPEN
, and operate at setting for
approximately 15 minutes. Allow to cool then wash grill /
plate / pan thoroughly with soap suds and scrubbing brush.
Rinse thoroughly and wipe clean with a cloth. Your grill /
plate / pan is ready to use.
With the hood open, ignite burners. Leave burners on for
10 minutes or until the temperature reaches a suitable level
for cooking. Modulate the required temperature by turning
left and nright burners progressively to .
setting – Use this setting only for warm up, for searing
steaks and chops, and for burning food residue from the
grill plates after the cooking is over. Rarely, if ever, do you
use the setting for extended cooking.
‘MEDIUM’ setting (mid-way between and ). Use this
setting for most grilling, and for cooking hamburgers and
vegetables.
setting – Use this setting when cooking very lean cuts
such as fish.
Actual cooking surface temperatures vary with outside
temperature and the wind conditions.
CAUTION: Infrared cooking times will be much shorter
than traditional grilling so never operate this appliance
unattended.
Check performance of burner prior to installing
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barbecue plates.
Do not leave the barbecue unattended when alight.
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NEVER USE ALL BURNERS ON HIGH AT THE SAME
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TIME WHEN COOKING WITH THE HOOD DOWN
.
When cooking with the hood down, operate the burners in
the position. Do not exceed 250ºC.
Infrared heat sears the food surface and cooks from
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the inside out. Infrared heat does not cook through
aluminium foil and reflective pans. For roasting and
baking you'll find a cast-iron pan works beautifully as it
absorbs and conducts the infrared heat very well.
The Secondary Cooking Rack offers less intense heat
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for preparing breads and firm vegetables like potatoes
and corn.
The heat from the front and rear infrared burners
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overlap in the mid section of each cooking grid. This
area offers the most intense heat for quickly locking in
the natural juices and flavour of poultry and meats.
BURN-OFF
PREHEATING
COOKING TEMPERATURES
IMPORTANT
COOKING WITH THE HOOD DOWN
AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT INFRARED HEAT SETTINGS
