Helpful Hints For The Weber Family Q Built In - Weber Family Built-in Q Premium 3600 Manual

Helpful hints for the Weber Family Q
Always cook with the lid closed
No matter whether you are cooking a roast, a
barbecue or breakfast on a hotplate, always cook
with the lid closed. Why?
First, cooking with the lid closed creates natural
convection of the air inside the barbecue. This
results in more even cooking with more natural
juices being retained.
Second, you will achieve outstanding barbecue
flavour that you can't get by cooking with the lid
open. This is produced when barbecue smoke
is circulated all around the meat, imparting a
beautiful smoky flavour.
Third, cooking times are greatly reduced
(about half of what you might expect on an open
barbecue), which means you can barbecue the
same amount while using a lot less gas. As less
gas is required to cook the food, you don't need to
fill the gas bottle anywhere near as often (a 9 kg
gas bottle will last for over 20 hours of cooking).
Use 'natural convection'
to get the best results
Remember, these
convection to cook food perfectly. To assist
convection, try not to cover more than two thirds
of the cooking grill at one time. Whilst they will
cook with the whole cooking surface covered, the
results are far better if you barbecue in two or
three batches when feeding a crowd.
When roasting, make sure the height of your food
fits inside with the lid closed. To allow the air to
circulate properly you should use a convection
tray and Family Q® trivet and make sure you
have clearance between your food and the lid.
How often should you turn the meat?
Your Family Q® will produce the most impressive
food when you let the 'convection process' do
its work with minimum interruption. For this
reason, resist the temptation to continually turn
the food. Each time you turn the food you have
to raise the lid, allowing the hot air to escape.
When barbecuing meat, outstanding results are
achieved if you turn the meat (once only) halfway
through the cooking time. Roasts, on the other
hand, should never need turning.
barbecues use natural
Food sticking to the grill
When grilling food, the meat can sometimes stick
to the hot grill. If the meat is properly branded (2½
to 3 minutes) before you turn it, it will not stick.
People trying to turn the meat too early often have
this 'sticking' problem. Don't tear it, just leave
the meat where it is and it will come free once
properly branded.
Using sauces and glazes
When using sauces or glazes that have a high
sugar content, only apply during the last 10 to 15
minutes of cooking. If applied too early they will
spoil the food, because the sugar in the glaze will
caramelise and turn black.
Regular cleaning is necessary
Allowing lots of fat to build up inside the barbecue
below the cooking grill can result in a fat fire. If
excess fat is cleaned away every four or five times
the barbecue is used, this should never be a
problem. If you ever do have a fat fire, turn the gas
off at the gas bottle and open the lid to let the heat
escape. Remove the food. Do not throw water on
the fire, just allow the fire to burn out with the lid
up. It could burn for five or ten minutes.
For more informaton on cleaning your Weber®
Family Q, have a look at the videos on our website at
www.weberbbq.com.au (Australia)
www.webernz.co.nz (New Zealand)
How to clean your cooking grill quickly
The cooking surface on your Weber Family Q
is easy to clean. For day to day cleaning, the
best method is to use a Weber grill brush. After
preheating the barbecue on high for 10 minutes,
use a grill brush to scrape any solid debris from
the cooking grill. Use a pair of long handled tongs
to rub a damp cloth or paper towel over the grill
bars to remove any excess grease. Your Family Q
cooking grill is now ready to cook on.
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