Preparing and Using Your Smoker Before cooking with your Smoker, the following steps should be closely followed to both cure the finish and season the interior steel. Failure to properly follow these steps may damage the finish and/or impart metallic flavors to your first foods.
THE HEAT OF THE COALS seconds you can hold the palm of your hand 4 inches above the coals temperature range (Fº) visual cues HOT COALS 400 to 450 barely covered with gray ash; deep red glow MODERATELY HOT 375 to 450 thin coating of gray TO HOT COALS ash;...
LIMITED WARRANTY LIMITED WARRANTY This warranty only applies to units purchased from an authorized retailer. Manufacturer warrants to the original consumer-purchaser only that this product shall be free from defects in workmanship and materials after correct assembly and under normal and reasonable home use for the periods indicated below beginning on the date of purchase*.
ASSEMBLY FIRST, GET A HELPER! This unit is heavy and requires a second person for lifting and moving. NEXT, pick a suitable location to work. Open the carton and slit the corners so that the carton lays flat. This will give you a protective surface during assembly.
With one person on smoke chamber end, roll the unit onto cardboard that was placed on the ground next to the unit. Unit should now be resting on its smoke chamber handle brackets with the leg posts pointing upward. Slide short legs onto posts at right side, with ...
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Make sure that leg bolts are tight enough so that legs won't slip off of posts. With the assistance of a helper, roll the unit over the handle brackets and stand it up onto its legs. Once standing, fully tighten the four leg bolts. Use four 1/4-20×½"...
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Connect firebox lid and firebox bottom using four 1/4-20×½" hex head bolts and four 1/4-20 flange nuts. Tighten securely. 1/4-20x1/2" Hex Head Bolts Firebox Lid 1/4-20 Flange Nuts 1/4-20x1/2" Hex Head Bolts 1/4-20 Flange Nuts Firebox Bottom With the help of an assistant, connect firebox and smoke chamber using eight 3/8-16×1" hex head bolts, 3/8 lock washer, and 3/8-16 hex nut, and tighten.
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Attach handle to smoke chamber lid and firebox lid using eight 1/4-20×½" screws and 1/4-20 flange nuts. Tighten securely. 1/4-20x1/2" Screws Smoke Chamber handle shown installed. 1/4-20 Flange Nuts Smoker Chamber Attach smokestack to end of smoke chamber by sliding stack into smokestack mounting bracket. While holding the smokestack in a vertical position, tighten the 3/8-16×1"...
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Attach front shelf to smoke chamber by sliding ends of shelf frame into bushing on front of smoke chamber. Temperature Gauge Next, install the Temperature Gauge into the bushing located on the Smoker Chamber Lid. Align gauge and then secure with jamb nut. Place two of the fire grates in the bottom of Cooking the smoke chamber and one in the bottom...