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SEAR STATION IGNITION & USAGE
USING THE SEAR STATION
Your gas grill includes a sear burner for searing meats such as steak, poultry cuts, fish,
and chops.
Searing is a direct grilling technique, which browns the surface of the food at a high
temperature. By searing or browning both sides of the meat you will create a more
desirable flavour by caramelizing the food surface. Searing will also enhance appearance
of the meat with sear marks from the cooking grates. This along with the contrast of
textures and flavours can make food more interesting to the palate.
The SEAR STATION burner has an ON or OFF control setting that works with the two
adjacent main burners. With the sear and adjacent burners you can effectively sear meats
while using other cooking areas for grilling with moderate heat.
Before searing you should turn all of the main burners on HI for 15 minutes to preheat the
grill. Note: Always grill with the lid closed to allow for maximum heat and to avoid flare-ups.
Once the grill is preheated, turn the outer burners off or down to low. Leave the centre two
burners on HI and ignite the SEAR STATION burner.
Place the meat directly over the SEAR STATION. You will sear each side anywhere from 1 to
4 minutes, depending on the type of meat and thickness. You may turn the food a quarter
turn to make crossing sear marks
(1) before you sear the other side in the same manner.
Once you have finished searing, you can finish grilling by moving the meat to a more
moderate heat over the outside burners to achieve the desired doneness.
As you gain experience in using your SEAR STATION, we encourage you to experiment with
different searing times to find results that work best for your taste.
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SEAR METHOD
Food is placed in the area of intense heat between the lit burners.
SEAR STATION BURNER MANUAL IGNITION
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DANGER
Failure to open the lid while igniting the grill’s burners, or not
waiting five minutes to allow the gas to clear if the grill does
not light, may result in an explosive flare-up, which can cause
serious bodily injury or death.
The SEAR STATION burner has an ON or OFF control setting. To ignite the SEAR STATION
burner you must first ignite the two adjacent main burners.
Adjacent Main Burner Snap Ignition
NOTE: Each main burner control knob snap igniter creates a spark from the igniter electrode
to the burner lighting tube. You generate the energy for the spark by pushing in the control
knob and turning to START/HI. This will ignite each individual burner.
A) Open the lid
(1).
B) Verify each adjacent SEAR STATION main burner is lit by visual inspection of a flame
(2).
C) Put match in the match holder and strike match.
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WARNING: Do not lean over open grill.
D) Insert match holder and lit match down through cooking grates and FLAVORIZER
BARS to ignite the SEAR STATION burner
(3).
E) Push the SEAR STATION control knob in and turn to the ON position
(4).
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WARNING: If the burner does not light, turn the burner control
knob to OFF and wait five minutes to let the gas clear before you
try again.
Note: Refer to “MAINTENANCE” for burner removal and cleaning
procedure.
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TO EXTINGUISH
Depress and turn each burner control knob clockwise to OFF position. Turn gas supply off
at the source.
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The grills illustrated in this
Owner’s Guide may vary slightly
from the model purchased.