Cooking On Your Barbecue; How To Barbecue (Direct Cooking) - Weber Genesis II LX E440 Manual

Cooking on your barbecue

How to barbecue (direct cooking)

4 preheat barbecue
Traditional barbecuing usually involves using the direct method to cook chops, sausages and steaks on the
cooking grill or hotplate.
Lamb chops and sausages on your Genesis® II LX are great, but you don't need to be limited to cooking
traditional favourites like these. Barbecuing or grilling on your Genesis II LX is a delicious way to add
flavour to fish, pork, chicken and vegetables too.
Preheating for barbecuing:
Whenever you use your Genesis II LX for
Genesis II LX E-440 Barbecuing
barbecuing, it is important that you preheat the
barbecue first, with the lid closed. This ensures
that the cast iron grill or hotplate is searing hot
4 burner direct
when you start cooking. To preheat your Genesis II
LX for barbecuing:
1. Check that all burner control knobs are in the
off position and check with the supplied tank scale
that there is sufficient gas in your bottle (for LP
models).
Preheat Direct (10 mins)
2. Open the lid.
3. Turn the gas supply on at the source.
4. Light all four main burners according to the
instructions in the owner's guide.
5. Close the lid and preheat the barbecue with the
four main burners on HIGH (H) for 10 minutes.
Barbecuing
Barbecuing:
1. After preheating for 10 minutes, your barbecue
is ready to cook. Turn the burners to the settings
suggested in the recipe.
2. Open the lid and place your food directly on the
grill (or hotplate, if you are using one).
3. Close the lid and cook for half the estimated
cooking time (refer to the relevant recipe for
timing).
4. Open the lid and turn the food over.
5. Close the lid and cook for the remaining
cooking time.
Note: Your Genesis II LX will perform at its best
when you let natural convection do its work under
the lid. Try to resist the temptation to open the lid
or turn the food unnecessarily. Your food cooks
faster, more evenly and with more flavour if you
leave the lid closed as much as possible.
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