Barbecuing
Your Q
TM
has been designed to cook magnificent
steaks. To get the best results with steak, cook on
the grill bars rather than on a hotplate. Only use
a hotplate when there is the potential for a lot of
fat to come away from the meat or when cooking
eggs, pancakes and the like. When a recipe in this
cooking guide requires you to ‘barbecue’, it is
recommended that you turn the meat only once,
halfway through cooking.
Always barbecue with
the lid closed, these barbecues are not designed
to cook with the lid up. Even when cooking on a
hotplate always cook with the lid down.
Whether you are barbecuing meat on the grill
or on the breakfast plate, it is important that
you preheat the barbecue before cooking. The
instructions for pre-heating your Q follow.
Preheating and barbecuing
To preheat your Q, open the lid, unfold the
work surfaces and turn the burner control
knob to START/HI (photograph A). Immediately
press the ignition button to light the barbecue.
Once alight, close the lid and allow the barbecue
to heat up for 10 minutes. Your Q is now preheated
and ready for barbecuing. Leave the burner setting
on START/HI throughout the barbecuing process.
Remember to always cook with the lid down. If you
are cooking with a hotplate, allow 10 to 15 minutes
for it to heat up. Always preheat the plate with
the lid down and test it with a droplet of water
to make sure it’s hot enough to cook on. For more
information on barbecuing and using a hotplate on
your Q, have a look at the videos on our website at
www.weberbbq.com.au (Australia)
www.webernz.co.nz (New Zealand)
Roasting and baking
When a recipe in this book requires you to ‘roast’
or ‘bake’, it is recommended that you remove the
hotplate (if you have one), place both cooking
grills in the barbecue and use a Q convection
tray and Q trivet. The convection tray and trivet
will transform your Q from cooking in barbecue
mode to oven mode in seconds. The convection
tray is engineered with vents designed to circulate
the heat perfectly all around the food. The vents
allow the fat from the roast to drain away, falling
between the grill bars and into the drip pan below.
To set up your Q for roasting and baking, place a
convection tray on the grill so the four locating
tabs sit inside the covered area of your cooking
grill. The tray should now be positioned in the
middle of your Q cooking grill. Place the Q trivet
on the tray (photograph B). You are now set up to
roast or bake.
When roasting or baking you must preheat the
barbecue. The instructions for preheating the Q
for roasting and baking follow.
Preheating and roasting or baking
To preheat your Q, open the lid and place the
convection tray and trivet in position. Turn the
burner control knob to START/HI (Photograph A).
Immediately press the ignition button to light the
barbecue. Preheat the barbecue for 10 minutes with
the burner control knob on START/HI and the lid
closed. Once your Q
TM
is preheated, turn the burner
control knob to the medium setting (Photograph C).
Your Q is ready for roasting and baking. You
can now place your food inside the Q. Continue
cooking using these settings until the end of
the cooking time. Unlike an indoor oven, your Q
uses natural convection, allowing you to cook at
higher temperatures. This is how your Q is able to
produce such wonderful, flavoursome roasts and
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How to get the best from your Weber® Q™
