Char-broil Made Easy User Manual

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Infrared Grilling Made Easy™
Congratulations and welcome to ownership of your new Char-Broil® grill with the Quantum® Infrared Cooking System. It is our sincere hope that by reading this guide and with a little practice you will come to fully
a few moments to read the Assembly Manual to ensure your grill is as­sembled correctly and completely and that you are familiar with both the construction and operation before using your grill.
There are no hard and fast rules for cooking with your new Char-Broil grill - just some basic facts about how the grill works. Depending upon
your level of experience with outdoor cooking on either traditional gas or charcoal grills, you will discover we’ve designed the Quantum® Infra-
red Cooking System to be a useful tool for you to prepare great tasting meals the way you like and want. That’s why we say it’s “Infrared Grilling Made Easy™.”
The Char-Broil® grill with the Quantum® Infrared Cooking System has
an exclusive and patented infrared cooking system that gives you a wide range of control over the temperature and style of grilling, barbequing and rotisserie cooking you enjoy. Plus, having a convenient and versatile side burner to complement your grilling experience makes your grill a
complete outdoor cooking unit. Use this grilling guide as an introduction to get started cooking with your new Char-Broil® grill. Also, look for the
Sizzle on the Grill Recipe book packed inside the box or grill. It’s lled
with great recipes and offers.
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The most important thing you can do rst is register your grill to activate your warranty and provide important information so that we can be more
helpful when you need us. Please complete the warranty registration
card found on the last page of your owner’s manual or save a stamp and visit us at www.charbroil.com to register quickly and easily.
When you register, be sure to sign up for our FREE email newsletter
called Sizzle on the Grill. Each week you’ll get tips, recipes, party ideas and have the opportunity to enter great promotions and giveaways. We never sell or distribute your contact information. experience to be Great!
- and this is one way we can stay in touch.
We want your Char-Broil
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Happy grilling!
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Getting started
Regulator
Coupling Nut
First Time Use
Read your Assembly Manual and ensure the grill is put together properly.
Attaching your LP Tank (check your Assembly Manual for complete info):
1. LP cylinder must be properly secured onto grill. (Refer to assembly section.)
2. Turn all control knobs to the OFF position.
3. Turn LP cylinder OFF by turning hand-wheel clockwise to a full stop.
4. Remove the protective cap from LP cylinder valve. Always use cap and strap supplied with valve.
5. Hold regulator and insert nipple into LP cylinder valve. Hand
tighten the coupling nut, holding regulator in a straight line with
LP cylinder valve so as not to cross-thread the connection.
6. Turn the coupling nut clockwise and tighten to a full stop. The regulator will seal on the back-check feature in the LP cylinder
valve, resulting in some resistance. An additional one-half to three-quarters turn is required to complete the connection.
Tighten by hand only – do not use tools.
Since 1995, all regulators (the part that attaches to the gas tank to regulate the flow of gas) have included a safety feature that restricts the gas flow in the event of a gas leak. You can inadver­tently activate this safety feature without having a gas leak. This typically occurs when you turn on the gas using the grill control knob before you turn on the gas on LP tank valve. If the gas regula­tor safety feature activates, the grill will only reach temperatures between 250°F and 300°F even with all burners on the high setting.
Temperature
The temperature gauge in the hood of your new grill measures air tem­perature. The Quantum Infrared Cooking System is hot and can reach
temperatures up to 700˚F degrees at the cooking surface. The air tem­perature inside your grill will never be as hot as the temperature at the
cooking surface.
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If your grill is not getting hotter than 250°F to 300°F these steps
should be taken rst to reset the gas regulator safety device:
1. Open the grill lid.
2. Turn off all knobs on the control panel in front.
3. Turn off the tank knob.
4. Disconnect the regulator from the LP tank.
5. Wait 30 seconds.
6. Reconnect the regulator to the LP tank.
7. Slowly open the LP tank knob all the way. Do not put
excessive force on the valve at the full open position to avoid damaging the valve.
8. Turn on the appropriate control knob and light the grill per the instructions on the control panel.
An illustration of this process is included in the Assembly Manual
or go to www.charbroil.com for more information.
Remove all Point-of-Purchase advertising material from all grill surfaces before rst use.
We recommend letting your grill cook on it’s highest setting for 15-20 minutes prior to your rst use. This aides in removing the oils used dur-
ing manufacturing.
Pre-Heating Your Grill
Just like your home oven, the Char-Broil Quantum grill should be pre-heated to provide optimum performance. Preheat the grill on high for 10-15 minutes – longer if weather conditions require.
Please refer to the lighting instructions inside the assembly manual if
you have questions about how to light your grill. A match-light chain and hole is provided for your convenience.
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Tips & Tricks
Cooking with Infrared Energy
Cooking on your Char-Broil grill with Quantum is a hands-on, interactive ex­perience. The Quantum infrared cooking system cooks at a higher temperature than what you may be used to. As you get to know how your grill cooks, you may need to turn your food faster as it will cook in less time. Here are some
ideas that may help you:
• Sear marks are best made on fresh sections of the grill.
• Think about your meal and organize your food according to cooking techniques and required times as well as best use of the grilling area.
• Coat each piece of meat, sh or fowl with a light spray of high heat oil
like canola.
• When using a sauce or glaze with excess sugars, brush on food dur­ing the nal 10 minutes of cooking. Excess sugars will burn and turn to carbon and that’s not the smoke avor you want! Keep in mind, use of excessive marinades will also require extra cleaning afterwards.
Until you get used to cooking on the Char-Broil grill with Quantum, you may want to adjust your regular cooking times. If you are familiar with
cooking on a well-prepared charcoal re, your sense of timing will be more
easily adaptable to the Quantum infrared cooking system. If you are used to cooking on open-ame gas burners, reduce the heat settings you nor­mally use by at least 30% and the cooking time by about half. After some
experience you’ll have a sense of what temperature setting and cooking times best work for you and deliver the results you want.
Cooking with Wood Chips
For added smoke avor when grilling
or barbequing - wood chips can be placed between the cooking grates. No need to pre-soak, you can drop wood chips right out of the bag. NOTE: Do NOT place wood chips directly under greasy foods as this can increase risk
of are up.
Here are some hardwood varieties that work particularly well with foods: Alder, Apple, Cherry, Grapevines, Hickory, Mesquite, Oak, Rosemary and Sasafrass
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Preventing Flare-Ups
Your new grill is inherently designed to avoid flare-ups; however, you can great­ly reduce the chance of getting a flare up. Here are some suggestions:
• When searing fatty foods, leave the grill lid cover in the open position.
• Try to keep your grill away from windy areas. Wind forces oxygen between the grates which can result in are-ups.
• During cooking, if grease pools, remove food (if possible) and turn
burners on high with the grill lid open until grease has burned off.
• Cook food on the center of grilling grates and avoid placing food over
the gaps between grates.
Infrared Grilling 101
Grilling with 100% infrared energy is quite simple. You’ll succeed with burgers, dogs or steaks usually on your very first try. With experience, you will learn how to work with your grill, creating more imaginative meals all the time. This knowledge makes up the art of grilling.
Direct Cooking
Infrared energy is perfect for direct cooking steaks, chops and other meats
as it can achieve very high searing temperatures. The infrared energy af­fects meat by rst searing the outside and penatrating inside so the meat
is cooked to juicy perfection.
Indirect Cooking
Place the meat on one side of the grill, turn the Quantum burners on the
other side of the grill to the setting that will deliver the desired cooking
temperature (generally between 225F and 300F degrees) During indirect cooking, meat will lose fat and other drippings.
Rotisserie Cooking
Rotisserie burners are not needed with this grill. Simply use a Char-Broil
Rotisserie over your Quantum Imfrared Cooking system. Always rotis­serie on Low as indicated on the burner control knob. Check frequently
to ensure proper cooking. It is ok to rotisserie with the lid open if you need more room.
Searing
Searing meat is all about creating a avor “crust” and capturing internal juices so meat remains moist on the inside and every bite is delicious. Whether you’re grilling a steak with direct heat or slow roasting a pork shoulder, getting a good “crust” on the outside of the meat as soon as pos­sible will help to ensure the avor and the moisture remain inside. What
is the crust? Natural proteins and sugars drawn to the surface of the meat
react to temperatures in the “Searing Range” of 300° F to 500° F. Sear­ing creates what is also known as “The Maillard Reaction.” The Quantum
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