Getting Started
Unpacking & Initial Prep cleaning
Carefully unpack your COOK NUMBER GRILL
™
and remove all corrugated shipping elements
used to protect your grill in transit. Before you
begin, we first recommend removing the Grilling
Grate on the left side and the Searing Plate on
the right side and washing them both with warm
soapy water.
Seasoning your Fire Stone legacy
20
i
/
e
Grill
Getting Started
1. Please familiarize yourself with the safety
guidelines at the front of this manual.
2. Be sure the grill is plugged in and stationed
on a clean and dry surface.
3. Open the grill lid.
4. For first time START-UP procedure, we
recommend following the steps below to
prepare your grill for optimum performance
by staging a proper initial “seasoning / burn
off” process.
Step 1.
BEFORE IGNITION, take a soft clean cloth and
apply a thin coating of cooking oil or olive oil to
the cloth and lightly wipe on both the grate and
the searing plate of the grill.
Step 2.
You’ll be seasoning both surfaces of the grill one
side at a time following the ignition instructions
below. Be sure to allow time for each side to
fully heat up and release any initial smoke
during this break-in / seasoning stage.
Fire Stone COOK
NUMBER GRILL
™
STARTING
INSTRUCTIONS:
The Fire Stone COOK NUMBER GRILLS
™
are
designed to operate either on the left side / grill
mode - or the right side / sear mode BUT NEVER
BOTH SIDES AT THE SAME TIME.
MODELS JAG20
e
& LG20
ie
To start the LEFT Grilling & Roasting side:
1. First, turn on the grill by depressing the
black OFF / ON rocker switch on the front
panel to the right – for the ON position.
2. Turn the – far right dial COUNTER-CLOCKWISE
to start the GRILL SIDE heating element.
The Fire Stone COOK NUMBER GRILL
™
is
designed to automatically operate at HIGH
TEMPERATURE in this mode.
3. Allow 5 to 7 minutes for the GRILL SIDE
surface to reach its full temperature to
complete the initial seasoning process or to
begin grilling.
To start the RIGHT Searing Plate side:
1. Turn on the grill by depressing the black OFF/
ON rocker switch on the front panel to the
right – for the ON position.
2. Turn the – far right dial CLOCKWISE to start
the SEARING PLATE heating element and
turn the temperature to the highest setting
@ 550° for the initial seasoning / burn-off
process. Allow 5 to 7 minutes for the SEARING
PLATE surface to reach its full temperature to
complete the break-in / seasoning process or
to begin searing.
Now that your Fire Stone COOK NUMBER GRILL
™
is seasoned, you will use the searing feature by
selecting the desired temperature of your choice
using this far right knob. Searing times may vary
based on what you’re grilling.
Then, after searing is done, continues by turning
the left GRILL SIDE on by rotating the same far
right knob COUNTER-CLOCKWISE and finish
the grilling process using your convection grill
feature to achieve the desired professional
cooking results.
* Searing plate can also be used to saute
vegetables or other items. Place items on sear
plate and adjust temperature knob accordingly.
MODEL CNE20
This model has a 3-way switch to turn on the
searing plate (right side). Flip the swich to the
right. Allow 5-7 minutes for the searing plate
to reach 500F. When this temp. is reached, the
power will automatically transfer to the left side
& back again to the right side, keeping the right
sear plate between 450-500F. To turn on the left
grill side, flip the switch to the left.
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Cook Number Grill
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