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First Time Use
Preparing To Cook
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Wash the grills (and any optional baking dish or hotplates) thoroughly in warm
soapy water before first use. Dry thoroughly and then coat the top surface
to prevent food sticking with canola oil or Nice & Easy which is salt free and
available from your local Barbeques Galore store. Light the barbeque as
described earlier and leave all burners on
HIGH
for about 3 minutes to warm
the barbeque up. Once the barbeque is warmed up, you should set the burners
to your desired cooking temperature.
NEVER
let the temperature on the hood
thermometer exceed 250ºC with the hood closed. You’re now ready to start
cooking up a feast. For ongoing protection of the cooking surfaces, follow the
procedures in the Maintenance and Storing sections.
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A good tip is to maintain a layer of Fatsoak (available from your local Barbeques
Galore store), in the fat tray. This keeps your barbeque clean and safer.
Cooking Hints
Controlling Flare Up
Flare-ups are caused by juices and oils from the food igniting in sudden bursts of flame
that come up over the grill. A little bit of flare up as well as the resulting smoke is a good
thing. It’s what gives barbequed food that unique outdoor flavour. But if it happens too
often, or if the flame lasts more than a couple of seconds, your food will char, so you need
to control it:
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First of all, cooking very fatty foods may cause a lot of flare up. You should trim
excess fat off your meat.
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Excess flaring usually means the burners controls are up too high, turning them
down before flare-up occurs will usually prevent it happening in the first place.
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Moving the meat away from the flare up will also reduce the problem.
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Some very fatty foods are best cooked on the optional hotplates or indirectly
with the hood closed. Never add more hotplates to the barbeque than the
optional centre hotplate or baking dish and one additional optional side
hotplate. At least one section of grill or empty space is necessary for ventilation
and to prevent overheating. Always remember to switch the barbeque
OFF
once
you are finished cooking.
