Before Installing Your C4 Outdoor Cooker; Lighting Your Cooker - Viking QSC200SS Use & Installation Manual

Before Installing Your C4 Outdoor Cooker

After unpacking the cooker, the dome will need to be removed before
installing on a cart.
CAUTION
Keep hands and fingers out of spring area.
To remove the dome:
Install shipping screws into each side of hinge. (See figure 2). Remove
the two (2) top nuts and washers on each side of the hinge mount.
Remove dome and set aside.
Figure 2
CAUTION
Keep hands and fingers out of
spring area. Lift from bottom
or inside front of hinge.
To replace the dome:
Place dome on the cooker. Re-install the two (2) top nuts and washers on
each side of the hinge mount. Remove the shipping screws from each
side of the hinge. Replace inside parts.
Remove the (2) top nuts and
washers on each side of hinge.
Install (2) shipping screws
(one on each side).
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Lighting Your Cooker

1. Open the dome until it locks in place and remove the cooking rack.
2. Crumple 1-2 double-wide newspaper sheets and place them on the
ceramic fire grate. Place 2-3 hand fulls of natural lump charcoal (not
briquettes) on top of the newspaper. Lump charcoal lights easily
with a little newspaper and does not contain fillers or additives and
gives the food a natural charbroiled taste.
remaining charcoal can be extinguished by closing the dampers and
reused again.
3. Open the bottom draft door COMPLETELY. Light the newspaper in
several places. After newspaper starts to burn, close the dome by
pulling on the dome handle.
COMPLETELY. The air flow will help light the charcoal. If preferred,
you can use an electric starter, or charcoal starter. DO NOT use
lighter fluid.
4. Check the thermometer often during the heat-up of the cooker.
(Dampers open during heat-up).
approaches the desired setting, adjust the top and bottom dampers
to set the temperature. Start with the dampers open 1/4" to 1/2"
and adjust as required. To lower the temperature, close dampers.
To raise the temperature, open the dampers. Readjust dampers to
maintain desired temperature.
5. When the temperature is set, put your food on. After a few times
using the cooker, you will be able to control the temperature easily.
When you finish cooking, completely close the bottom draft door
and the slide metal top. This will extinguish the remaining charcoals
and allow you to use it again.
6. Since your cooker uses ceramic materials, it holds the heat better
and longer. Due to this, if the cooker gets too hot it may take longer
to lower the temperature.
important to constantly adjust the dampers to control the air flow.
If you continue to have problems with the cooker becoming too hot,
you may want to reduce the amount of charcoal being used.
7. For the best cooking results, use a meat thermometer when cooking
large pieces of meat such as beef, ham, turkey, whole chickens, etc.
The use of a meat themometer will allow you to determine if the
meat is cooked properly and safely.
After cooking, the
Open the slide metal top
When the temperature
Therefore, when cooking it is very
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