Using The Prosear™ Burner - Viking 5 Series Installation Use & Care Instructions

USING THE ProSear™ BURNER
Professional restaurant chefs rely on a different type of heat
... infrared heat ... to create a higher searing temperature
than what standard burners can achieve. Viking Range, LLC
provides the ProSear™ infrared burner.
Infrared burners work by focusing the gas fl ame through a
ceramic element fi lled with tiny holes.
These holes focus the fl ame on the surface of the element,
creating an intense heat much higher than that of a
standard brass burner. It allows you to sear your food more
quickly while leaving the inside rare, if desired.
The ProSear™ burner, with its advanced components,
requires particular attention to lighting, usage and cleaning
guidelines. See INDEX: "ProSear™" for further details.
Pre-Heating the ProSear™ Burner
Always preheat the entire grill before cooking to achieve
consistent, successful results. (See INDEX: "Preheating" for
further details.)
If the grill is already hot from cooking you should still
pre-heat the ProSear™ burner for 2-3 minutes, or
until it glows red.
Never place food over a ProSear™ burner before it is fully
pre-heated because food particles and grease dripping
onto a cold ProSear™ burner can clog the tiny ports and
damage the burner.
For the same reason you should minimize water spills on
the ProSear™ burner and should not use water to control
fl are-ups. Take special care to minimize dropping any
liquids on the ProSear™ burner while cleaning the cooking
grids.
HOW TO SEAR
Searing locks in fl avor and juices while allowing the food's
outer surface to absorb smoke and food-born aromas
produced when drippings are vaporized by the burner.
The result is a restaurant-style fi nish ... crisp, fl avorful
outside with a tender, juicy inside.
While the brass burners in your grill are capable of producing
searing heat, the ProSear™ infrared burner is specifi cally
designed for this purpose.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Grill cooking grids are heavy duty. Dropping
them on the ProSear™ Burner will damage the
burner. Such damage is not covered by the
product warranty and will cause a fi re, burns or
other personal injury.
ProSear™ CLEANING
It's easy to keep your ProSear™ Burner operat-
ing at peak performance. Just run it on "HI" with
the hood open for 15 minutes after each use to
burn away any food particles or drippings.
Any ash accumulation on the burner screen
can be removed with a light brush (like a paint
brush) or vacuum ... BUT WAIT UNTIL THE
BURNER IS COOL!
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