Interior Cleaning; Main Burner Care - Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet K500HB Use And Care Manual

Caring for Your Hybrid Fire Grill
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Interior Cleaning

It is a good idea to occasionally burn off residue in your grill. Run the grill with the main burners on high with
the hood closed for at least 30 minutes. This will burn off accumulated residue and dry everything out. The
more you use sauces or grill fatty foods, the more frequently you should do this burn cycle.
To remove ash on a regular basis, pull the Hybrid Fire Grilling Drawer open a couple of inches and then shake
it up and down to encourage any ash that has remained in the drawer to fall down into the hopper.
Occasionally, you will want to be more thorough in removing ash. We recommend that once a month you
use a natural bristle painter's brush to sweep ash off all the interior surfaces of your grill. Wait until the grill is
completely cool. Empty the cleanout pan before beginning. Remove the cooking surfaces, and then brush all
the ash that may have remained in the Hybrid Fire Grilling Drawer down through the slots and into the hopper.
Next, remove the drawer. Use the brush again to sweep all ash off the burners and any other surfaces down
into the cleanout pan. Empty the cleanout pan again.
If you use wood in your grill, the inside of your hood is probably black. We recommend leaving it this
way. However, you may choose to clean it once a year. If so, you will need to use Bar Keepers Friend
(recommended) and a lot of elbow grease or a harsh oven cleaner (not recommended). If you choose to use
oven cleaner: do not get it into the ceramic rotisserie burner; do not get it on ignition coils; do not get it on
the electronics or wires; do not get it on the cooking surface; and do make sure you thoroughly rinse off all of
the cleaner before cooking on your grill. Be careful when rinsing off the oven cleaner not to stain your patio.
Again, we strongly recommend the use of Bar Keepers Friend and discourage the use of oven cleaner.

Main Burner Care

In addition to removing all the ash from the burners at least once per month as described above, the burners
should be visually inspected once a year.
To access the burners, first make sure the grill is completely cooled. Ensure the grill control valves are in the
OFF position and turn off the main gas supply. Remove the cooking surfaces and the Hybrid Fire Grilling
Drawer. Release the burner (see Figure 28:A) from the burner support brackets (see Figure 28:B) by removing
the retaining pins (see Figure 28:C). Reach below the burner and remove the retaining pins by sliding them
back to the rear. You can now lift the burner off the burner support brackets from the rear and then slide it
backwards off the orifice (see Figure 28:F).
Visually inspect each burner to confirm it is structurally sound and that none of the ports are clogged. Shine a
flashlight through the end of the venturi (see Figure 21:E page 34, Figure 28:E) to inspect for any blockage.
Carefully clean the burner using a brass brush. Clogged burner ports may be opened up with a straightened
paper clip. Do not use a toothpick or anything else that could break off inside the burner ports.
After cleaning the burners, reinstall them into the grill. Slide the venturi (see Figure 28:E) through the hole in
the interior grill box toward the front of the grill and seat the venturi opening over the orifice (see Figure 28:F)
mounted on the valve. Lower the burner onto the burner brackets (see Figure 28:B) so that the posts (see
Figure 28:D) on the bottom of the burner drop through the corresponding holes in the burner brackets. You
must make sure the opening at the front of the burner is centered over the brass orifice and securely engaged
(see Figure 24 page 35). Once you have confirmed this, you can reinsert the locking pins under the brackets to
secure the burners (see Figure 28:C).
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