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Additional charcoal and/or wood may be required to maintain or
increase cooking temperature.
Step 1
Stand back and carefully open grill lid. Use caution since flames
can flare-up when fresh air suddenly comes in contact with fire.
Step 2
Fully close lower side air vents to prevent embers from falling
through.
Step 3
Wearing oven mitts/gloves, remove food from cooking grill. Place
charcoal tray on bottom of cooking chamber by removing charcoal
tray adjusters from cooking grill. Remove cooking grill.
Step 4
Stand back a safe distance and use long cooking tongs to lightly
brush aside ashes on hot coals. Use cooking tongs to add charcoal
and/or wood to charcoal grate, being careful not to stir-up ashes
and sparks. If necessary, use your Charcoal Chimney Starter to
light additional charcoal and/or wood and add to existing fire.
WARNING:
Never add charcoal lighting fluid to hot or even warm
coals as flashback may occur causing severe burns.
Step 5
When charcoal is burning strong again, wear oven mitts/gloves and
carefully place cooking grill on top of grill support brackets. Use
charcoal tray adjusters to position cooking grill to desired cooking
level and replace food.
Step 6
Close the grill lid, open the lower side air vents and allow food to
continue cooking.
Adding Charcoal/Wood
During Cooking
Regulating Heat
To increase heat and air circulation, fully open side air vents. If
increased air circulation does not raise temperature sufficiently,
more wood and/or charcoal may be needed. Follow instructions in
“Adding Charcoal/Wood During Cooking” section of this manual.
To maintain the temperature, more wood and/or charcoal may need
to be added during the cooking cycle.
NOTE:
Dry wood burns hotter than charcoal, so you may want to
increase the ratio of wood to charcoal to increase the cooking
temperature. Hardwood such as oak, hickory, mesquite, fruit
and nut wood are an excellent fuel because of their burning
rate. When using wood as fuel, make sure the wood is
seasoned and dry. DO NOT use resinous wood such as pine
as it will produce an unpleasant taste.
