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First Time Use
Preparing To Cook
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Wash the grills (and optional hotplate) 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
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.
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 hotplate or indirectly with the hood
closed. Never add more hotplates to the barbeque than the optional half hotplate
available. Always remember to switch the barbeque
OFF
once you are finished
cooking.
