COOKING ON A CHIMENEA OR FIRE BOWL OR BBQ
Special care and attention is necessary when cooking on a chimenea or fire bowl to avoid contamination by
smoke or soot. All cooking accessories MUST BE THOROUGHLY CLEANED BEFORE USE.
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BBQ grills and accessories are coated with vegetable oil during manufacture but may have gathered dirt
and dust therefore must be thoroughly washed in hot water and detergent, check all dirt is removed.
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After cleaning and drying, cooking accessories are best lightly coated with vegetable cooking oil before
use. After use, they must washed clean with hot water and detergent and coated with vegetable cooking
oil before storing. NEVER USE MINERAL OIL.
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If you do not oil cooking accessories they will rust, this could happen after first use. If you wash cooking
accessories with water and don’t coat with cooking oil rust can occur in a matter of hours.
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After use the surfaces of the cooking accessories in direct contact with the fire will be covered in black
carbon soot. Soot can be washed off with hot water and household detergent or washing up liquid. Be care
ful because black soot residues will mark surfaces, tea towels or washing up cloths. All soot must be re
moved before oiling and storage.
FUEL
Do not cook on flames, if you do this there will be a soot residue on the food, which is unhealthy. Be aware
wood is often treated with preservatives which are toxic and can contaminate the food.
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When cooking use dry wood or charcoal, and allow the wood gas to burn off as flames to leave hot glowing
embers, cook on the embers.
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If meat releases fat onto the hot embers which makes a flame, move the meat away from the flame.
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Keep a spray bottle of water handy to squirt on any flames.
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Used a cast iron pan to grill meat rather than placing directly on a grill.
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Alternatively wrap food in aluminium foil to prevent contamination.
FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY
When cooking outdoors take care food is kept in hygienic conditions.
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DO NOT leave meats in the sun or outside in hot weather, keep cool and covered with a clean cloth.
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DO NOT leave butter in the sun or uncovered.
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Keep meat and vegetables in separate dishes to avoid cross contamination with fluids.
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Only bring food out into the garden before cooking and it should be consumed after cooking as soon as pos
sible. Food should be eaten while hot, immediately after coming out of the fire. Dispose of any cooked food
not eaten.
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MAKE SURE meat is thoroughly cooked.
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When cooking accessories are taken out of the fire, they are hot and need to be put onto a hard non-flam
mable surface, so the contents of the cooking accessory can be removed.
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DO NOT place the cooking accessory on the patio, grass, earth or directly on the ground.
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DO NOT put hot cooking accessories directly onto wood, furniture, plates, crockery or plastic surface.
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Parts of the cooking accessories in direct contact with the fire may become covered with carbon soot.
Make sure you do not contaminate your food with soot.
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CAREFUL HOT! DO NOT TOUCH, steel and cast iron cooking accessories are very hot when taken out of
the fire, do not touch with your fingers, protect hands with Gardeco FIRE GLOVES.
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Cast iron cooking accessories can remain hot after use, so ALWAYS be very careful and cautious when han
dling cast iron cooking accessories.
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DO NOT allow children to handle any of the cooking accessories.
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NEVER leave a cooking accessory in the fire unattended. If you leave food in the fire, it will be burnt and
inedible.
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