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Additional charcoal and/or wood or an adjustment to the air vents may be
necessary to maintain or increase cooking tem per a ture.
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.
WARNING:
Wear protective gloves or oven mitts when adjusting door
handle, ash tray, cooking height or air vents.
Step 2
Use charcoal grate adjuster crank to place charcoal grate at the lowest
level of cooking chamber. Open door to allow access to charcoal grate.
Step 3
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 4
When charcoal is burning strong again, wear oven mitts/gloves and
carefully return charcoal grate to desired cooking level.
Step 5
Close the grill lid and door. Allow food to continue cooking.
Adding Charcoal/Wood
During Cooking
Regulating Heat
To increase heat, more wood and/or char coal may be needed or an
adjustment to the air vents may be necessary. 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 or an adjustment to the air vents may be necessary 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
tem per a ture. 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.
