Charcoal Smoking - Brinkmann ALL IN ONE Owners Manual Assembly And Operating Instructions

Before first use and after cleaning, apply a
light coat of vegetable oil or vegetable
cooking spray to the interior surface of the
dome lid, smoker body, cooking grills and
water pan. This simple process will help
reduce interior rusting. DO NOT apply oil
to the base pan or the cooker portion of
the All-In-One.
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CHARCOAL SMOKING

READ ALL WARNINGS ON PAGE 1 AND 12 BEFORE PROCEEDING
1. Remove dome lid, smoker body and base pan from cooker and set the cooker
aside.
2. Remove lava rocks from base pan and store them properly.
3. Place the drip pan/ash guard under the base pan to catch any ashes or
drippings.
4. Remove cooking grills from smoker body.
5. a. If using a Charcoal Chimney Starter, follow all manufacturer's warnings and
instructions regarding the use of their product. Carefully place 8-10 pounds
charcoal in the base pan. Proceed to Step 8.
b. If using charcoal lighting fluid, use charcoal lighting fluid approved for lighting
charcoal ONLY. Do not use gasoline, kerosene or alcohol for lighting charcoal.
Place 8-10 pounds of charcoal in base pan. Depending on the weather, a full pan
of charcoal will burn for 5-6 hours.
6. Saturate charcoal with lighting fluid and wait 2-3 minutes for fluid to soak in.
Store charcoal lighting fluid safely away from smoker.
7. Carefully light the charcoal and allow to burn until covered with a light ash
(approximately 20 minutes). This will allow charcoal lighting fluid to burn off.
8. Refer to "Flavoring Wood" section for recommended amount of flavoring wood
to use. Use long cooking tongs to carefully place flavoring wood on top of hot
charcoal.
9. Make sure water pan is resting securely on notched out step of all three lower
support brackets.
10. Place the smoker body on the base pan, making sure the water pan is still
in position.
11. Carefully fill water pan with warm water or marinade to 1" below the rim. A full
pan holds 4 quarts/1 gallon of water and will last 2-3 hours. Do not overfill and
allow water to overflow from water pan.
12. Place a cooking grill on the lower support brackets directly above the water pan.
Position the cooking grill so the rim is resting securely on notched out step of all
three support brackets.
13. Place food on the cooking grill in a single layer with space between each piece.
This will allow smoke and moist heat to circulate evenly around all pieces.
14. Place the other cooking grill on the upper support brackets, making sure the rim
is resting securely on notched out step of all three support brackets. Place food
on the cooking grill.
15. Place the dome lid on smoker body and allow food to cook. After 3-4 hours of
cooking, check water and charcoal level. Add water and/or charcoal if level is
low. Follow instructions in the "Adding Water During Cooking" and "Adding
Charcoal/Wood During Cooking" section of this manual.
16. Always use a meat thermometer to ensure food is fully cooked before removing
from smoker.
17. Allow smoker to cool completely, then follow instructions in the "After-Use
Safety" and "Proper Care & Maintenance" sections of this manual.