LIGHTING YOUR GRANDFIRE KAMADO
Fire starter Cubes are one of the quickest ways to start your grill. They are
odorless, smokeless and environmentally safe. Each cube burns up to
1300°F for 8-12 minutes to ensure that you're ready to cook in 15 minutes.
1. Light the charcoal with a fire starter cube or chimney starter, electric starter or
other method.
2. Open the bottom draft door and leave the dome up.
3. Wait 8-10 minutes for the charcoal to build a small bed of embers.
4. Close the dome, open the top vent fully and adjust the airflow as needed as you
near the target temperature.
NEVER USE LIGHTER FLUID OR ANY OTHER COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID.
Do not use lighter fluid, gas or other combustible liquids. Liquid chemicals are a
fire hazard and they will impregnate the ceramic material and impart an undesirable taste to food.
Do not use "Instant Light″ briquettes. It will impart an undesirable taste.
Do not use briquette charcoal. This type of charcoal cannot reach temperatures
above 500°F and it does not offer true charcoal flavor.
ALWAYS COOK WITH THE DOME CLOSED!
“IF YOU’RE LOOKING … YOU’RE NOT COOKING!”
CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE
Achieving a consistent temperature as high as 750oF or as low as 225 oF is easy on
your GRANDFIRE KAMADO. In fact, you can maintain low temperatures for up to 12
hours without adding any more 100% Natural Lump Charcoal.
1. Close the dome and fully open the top vent.
2. When you are 25°F from your target temperature, close the top vent down to about
1/4 open.
3. Wait one minute and close or open the top Vent to lower or increase the temperature.
A 5~6mm adjustment can change the temperature by as much as 25°F.
USE ALL FRESH CHARCOAL FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SEARING.
ACHIEVING LOW TEMPERATURES
1 .For ″low and slow″ temperatures like 225°F start with a very small fire in one area of
the charcoal.
2. Close the dome and allow the temperature to come up slowly with the lower vent