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Lighting
1. Build a mound of natural lump
charcoal. Use a full fire box of
charcoal for smoking and searing
temperatures or half a fire box of
charcoal for two-zone cooking.
2. Light the charcoal with a fire
starter cube or two. You can also
use a chimney starter or electric
starter. Leave the dome open.
3. Wait 5-10 minutes for the
charcoal to build a small bed of
embers.
4. Close the dome, then fully
open the draft door and the top
vent by sliding the top disk all
the way to the right.
Adjust the air flow as needed as
the temperature rises to reach
your target temperature. For
grilling, you can set the draft
door to fully open and regulate
the temperature with the top
vent. For roasting set the draft
to one-third open.
Temperature control
1. When you are 25°F (14°C) from
your target temperature, close the
top vent down to one-third open.
2. Wait 1-2 minutes then increase
or decrease the air flow of the
top vent in ¼" increments to reg-
ulate the temperature. A¼" can
change the temperature up or
down by as much as 25°F (14°C).
It's very easy to raise
the temperature, but
very difficult to lower
it. For low temperatures,
allow it to rise slowly.
Cooking Instructions
full firebox
lower draft door fully open
Charcoal can be relight 2-3 times for multiple cookings. Use
the ash tool to stir the used charcoal, so the ashes will drop
through the fire grate. Add 30% new charcoal to the existing
charcoal and build a new mound. This works well for roasting
and grilling temperatures.
You can't have too much charcoal, but you can have
too little.
NEVER use lighter fluid or any other combustible liquid
to light the charcoal. It will be absorbed by the ceramics and
impart a fuel taste to your food.
Low temp cooking / smoking
1. For low temperature cooking,
225°F (107°C), start with a very
small fire in one area of
the charcoal
2. Close the dome after 5
minutes with the draft door
and top vent fully open. Allow
the temperature to come up
slowly and when it reaches
200°F (93°C), set the draft door
to position 3, set the precision
control top to position 3. Adjust
the vent controls as needed to
maintain target temperature.
half full firebox
open top vent
LIGHTING TIPS
shown with charcoal divider
lower draft door at position 3
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