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TURNING ON THE BARBECUE
INITIAL LIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS
These instructions should be followed the first time the barbecue is ignited and if the
barbecue runs out of pellets while cooking or goes out of fire while cooking.
1. Remove cooking grids, grease tray and flame diuser from the interior of the barbecue.
2. Open the pellet hopper lid. Make sure there are no foreign
objects in the auger or hopper.
3. With the temperature dial in the “OFF” position, plug the
power cord into a grounded outlet.
4. Turn the temperature dial to the “LOW” position.
Check the following items:
• That the auger is turning. DO NOT place fingers or
objects in the Auger tube. This can cause injury.
• Place your hand OVER the fire pot and feel for air
movement. DO NOT place your hand in the fire pot. This
can cause serious injury.
• Wait approximately 1 minute and look to see if the igni-
ter is red hot. DO NOT touch the igniter. This item gets
extremely HOT and will burn.
5. Turn the Temperature Dial to “OFF” position.
6. Fill the pellet hopper with all natural barbecue pellets.
7. Turn the Temperature Dial to “HIGH” position. The auger
will take some time to deliver the pellets to the burn pot.
Once you see pellets in the pot, turn the temperature dial
to “LOW” position.
8. Keep the temperature dial in “LOW” position and allow the
pellets to come to full flame. Once flames are coming out
of the fire pot, turn the dial to “OFF” position, and let the barbecue cool down.
9. After barbecue has cooled, re-install the flame diuser, grease tray, and cooking grids
into the barbecue.
NOTE! Initial Burn O
Before cooking on your barbecue for the first time, we recommend that you “burn o”
the barbecue to ride it of any foreign matter. Light and operate the barbecue on “HIGH”
position with the lid closed for 30–40 minutes.
TURNING ON THE GRILL:
Initial Lighting Instructions (To be used on initial ring or anytime the grill runs out of pellets)
Always allow the auger tube to fully load with pellets to ensure proper lighting of the grill.
Step 1 Open lid to cooking chamber and remove cooking grills,
grease tray and heat distribution plate from inside the grill.
Leave lid open.
Step 2 Make sure temperature control knob is “OFF”. Plug power
cord into a GFCI (grounded) outdoor electrical outlet.
Step 3 Open the pellet hopper lid. Make sure the auger is free
from debris and other objects. Turn the temperature
control knob to “SMOKE” and check to see if the auger is
turning.
Step 4 In the cooking chamber, place your hand about 3” above
the re pot and make sure you can feel air blowing out
from the re pot.
Step 5 Look inside the re pot and make sure the heating
element is getting hot. It will take a couple of minutes
for the element to glow red. DO NOT TOUCH THE
HEATING ELEMENT! Turn temperature control knob to
“OFF”.
Step 6 Fill the pellet hopper with cooking pellets. NEVER USE
HEATING FUEL PELLETS AS THEY ARE NOT SAFE
FOR COOKING.
Step 7 Turn the temperature control knob to “HIGH”.
NOTE: During the initial loading of the auger tube, it will
take approximately 5 minutes for the pellets to
move from the pellet hopper to the re pot.
Step 8 When the pellets start falling into the re pot, turn the
temperature control knob to “OFF”.
Step 9 Replace heat distribution plate, grease tray and cooking
grills into the cooking chamber.
Step 10 Keep the cooking chamber lid open. Turn temperature
control knob to “SMOKE”. You should see smoke coming
out of the cooking chamber as the pellets ignite in about 2
minutes.
Step 11 Close cooking chamber lid and set the temperature control knob to the desired setting. See note
below for curing process.
NOTE: Curing the grill is highly recommended before rst use. Close cooking chamber lid and set
temperature control knob to “HIGH” and allow grill to cure for 45 minutes. This will burn off
any oil or paint residue inside the cooking chamber before cooking for the rst time.
Subsequent Lighting Instructions
Step 1 Open pellet hopper lid and check the pellet level. Add more pellets if necessary.
WARNING: NEVER add cooking pellets to a hot re pot by hand. You could be seriously burned.
If the hopper runs out of pellets or your re goes out while cooking, let the grill
completely cool and follow the Initial Lighting Instructions.
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