Grilling Tips - Jenn-Air CP240B Repair Manual

Grilling Tips
With your Jenn-Air grilland accessories, literallyanyfood you've considered "at its best"
when prepared outdoors can now be prepared indoors with less fuss and great flavor.
The following suggestions are good rules to follow end will increase your enjoyment of
the equipment.
• Be sure to follow directions on page 11 for using the gdll.
• Suggested cooking times and control settings are approximate due to variations
in meats and electrical voltage. Experience will quickly indicate cooking times as
well as which settings work best.
• Use the Energy-Saver grJl_ element for grJllingsmall amounts of food on half of
the grill or for keeping cooked foods warm or preparing food requiring different
heat control settings.
• Forbestresults, buytopgrademeat. Meatthatisatleast3/4inchwillgrillbetter
than thinner cuts.
• Score fat on edges of steak, but do not cut into meat, to prevent curling while
cooking.
• For the attractive"branded" look on steaks, be sure gdll is preheated. Allow one
side of meatto cook to desired doneness, or until juices appear on the top surface,
beforeturning. Turn steaks and hamburgers just once. Manipulating food causes
loss of juices,
• When basting meats or applying sauces to foods, remember that excessive
amountswind up inside your grill and do not improve the food flavor, Apply sauces
during the last 15 to 20 minutes of cooking time unless recipe specifies otherwise.
Plus, anytime a sugar-based marinade (for example barbecue sauce) is going to
be used, the grates should be "seasoned" prior to preheating (see page 11).
• There are many meat marinades which wiTI h elp tenderize less expensive cuts of
meat for cooking on the grill.
• Cerfainfoods, suchaspoultryandnon-eilyfish, meyneedsomeextrafat. Brush
with oil or me{ted butter occasionally while ghlling.
• Use tongs with long handles or spatulas for turning meats. Do not use forks as
these pierce the meat, allowing juices to be lost.
• To help retain meat juices, salt after turning meat or after cooking is completed.
• ShouLd grilled foods be prepared and ready before you're readyto serve,turn heat
controlto alow setting and cover meat with a single sheet of foil Food will continue
to cook.
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