CONGRATULATIONS.....
on choosing a Patio Mate Charcoal Barbecue. For over 30 years the Patio Mate
name has stood for innovative, well designed and high quality barbecues in Australia,
and now we are following their trend, by choosing Australia’s finest outdoor
cooking system.
We want you to enjoy your Patio Mate to it’s full potential, and realise what fun can
be had cooking on a stylish, quality barbecue that you can rely on every time.
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Cooking on your grill plate.
What you can expect from the most traditional form of barbecue cooking.
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Care and cleaning of your barbecue.
Tips and advice on keeping your Patio Mate barbecue in the best
possible condition.
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Care and cleaning of your barbecue trolley.
More tips, but this time on keeping your stylish trolley looking its best.
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Patio Mate Accessories.
Here we give you an idea of how you can enhance the
performance of your new Patio Mate barbecue.
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Patio Mate Features.
The key features of your Patio Mate charcoal barbecue.
We trust this information will give you some new ideas and a basis on which to build
your enjoyment of barbecue cooking ‘the Australian way’. We may not have the
Australian climate, but we have got the best of their barbecues!
Happy cooking !
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elcome
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Patio
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Barbecues
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CHARCOAL BARBECUE
COOKING
Charcoal barbecuing is
traditionally the most
popular method of outdoor
cooking. Food placed on the
grill plate is cooked by the heat
emitted from the hot charcoal. Your
barbecue is ready for cooking
when the coals are hot.
BARBECUE FLAVOUR
Using this method of cooking the unique barbecue flavour comes to your food from the
juice dripping on the hot charcoal below, vapourising and then being absorbed back
into the food.
FLARE-UPS
Some cuts of meat can be excessively fatty and during cooking the fat may begin to
drip into the fire, and a flare-up may occur. The flames will die out when the fat or oil
has burnt out. To help avoid flare-ups cut away any excess fat from the meat.
Before you begin cooking always check the fat drip tray is not full and likely to catch
fire. Line the drip tray with tin-foil to make cleaning easier. Do not, under any
circumstances, use sand or similar absorbent material in the drip tray.
We recommend that the drip tray is emptied after every barbecue session to
avoid the risk of fat fires. If cooking for an extended period, check the drip tray more
frequently.
FAT FIRES
Should you experience a fat fire in the drip tray simply leave alone, after 2 or 3
minutes the fire will extinguish. Do not pull out the drip tray.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Fat fires are usually caused by excessive fat in the drip tray, or by cooking very fatty
burgers, sausages or chicken legs/wings. We recommend that you cook food with a
low fat content or that has the excess fat or skin trimmed off. Although damage caused
by fat fires is not covered by the warranty, any replacement parts can be purchased
very inexpensively.
Charcoal
Barbecue
Cooking
Patio Mate Flatbed Charcoal Barbecue
Patio Mate Flatbed Charcoal Barbecue
with Lid
