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Flavoring Wood
To obtain your favorite smoke flavor, experiment by using chunks, sticks or chips of flavor producing wood such as
hickory, pecan, apple, cherry, or mesquite. Most fruit or nut tree wood may be used for smoke flavoring. Do not use
resinous wood such as pine as it will produce an unpleasant taste.
Wood chunks or sticks 3
” to 4” (7 to 10 cm) long and 1” to 2” (2 to 4 cm) thick work best. Unless the wood is still green,
soak the wood in water for 30 minutes or wrap each piece in foil and tear several small holes in the foil to produce more
smoke and prevent the wood from burning too quickly. Only a few pieces of wood are required to obtain a good smoke
flavor. A recommended amount for the grill is 5 to 6 wood chunks or sticks. Experiment by using more wood for
stronger smoke flavor or less wood for milder smoke flavor.
Additional flavoring wood should not have to be added during the cooking process. However, it may be necessary
when cooking very large pieces of food. Follow instructions and cautions in the
“Adding Charcoal/Wood During
Cook
ing” section of this manual to avoid injury while adding wood.
Regulating Heat
To increase heat, add more wood and/or charcoal. Follow instructions in
“Adding Charcoal/Wood During Cooking”
section of this manual.
To maintain the temperature, you may need to add more wood and/or charcoal 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. W hen 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.
Adding Charcoal/Wood During Cooking
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
Wearing oven mitts/gloves, lift up the cooking grid and place it on a clean and non-combustible surface. DO NOT touch
the grid by hand.
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 grates, 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 the return charcoal grid to grill body.
Extinguish any hot ashes, coals or embers which may have fallen from the grill or beneath and around grill.