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GETTING STARTED
FIRST TIME USE
Read your product guide and ensure the grill is put together properly. Remove all advertising
material from all grill surfaces before first use. We recommend heating on the highest
setting for 15-20 minutes prior to your first use. This aids in removing the oils used during
manufacturing.
PREHEATING YOUR PATIO BISTRO
Just like your home oven, the Char-Broil Patio Bistro grill should be preheated to
provide optimum performance. Preheat the grill on high for 15 minutes, or longer if
weather conditions require. Before starting, wipe the surface with a well oiled cloth.
This should remove any debris that may have accumulated and will help prevent your
grilled foods from sticking to the cooking surface.
INFRARED 101
Infrared energy is comprised of those frequencies just beyond the visible light spectrum.
Simply put, it is light that we cannot see, but our bodies (and food) detect as heat. Most
electromagnetic energy can cause heating but infrared is the perfect choice for cooking.
Traditional convection grills heat with hot air, and can dry out your food. With infrared grills,
infrared frequencies strike the food and cause the molecules to vibrate, thereby creating the
heat that cooks your food.
All meat has a moisture saturated boundary layer.
Convection heat dries out this boundary layer while
cooking, where as infrared energy is able to penetrate
this boundary layer without displacing it. That is why a
hamburger will shrink more on a convective grill than
GAMMA RAYS
X-RAYS
ULTRAVIOLET
VISIBLE LIGHT
INFRARED
MICROWAVE
RADIO WAVES
SHORT WAVELENGTH
LONG WAVELENGTH
1nm
1µm
1mm
1km
1m
INFRARED
CONVECTION
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