Weber Family Q User Manual

Cooking with the
Weber® Family Q™ for Australia
and New Zealand

WARRANTY

Weber-Stephen Products Co (Aust.) Pty
Ltd care of R McDonald Co Pty Ltd of
104 South Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000,
Telephone: [phone], Facsimile: (08)
8221 6211 [e-mail] and
Weber-Stephen Products New Zealand
care of R McDonald Co. New Zealand Ltd of
6 Maurice Road, Penrose, Auckland, 1643,
Telephone: [phone], webernz@xtra.
co.nz, hereby warrants to the original
purchaser of the Weber Barbecue (providing
it is assembled and operated in accordance
with the printed instructions accompanying it)
that it will be free from defects in material and
workmanship from the date of purchase.

1. a) Aluminium castings 5 years
b) Paint 2 years
c) Igniter 5 years
d) Burners 5 years
e) Cooking grill 5 years
f) Thermoplastic and thermoset parts
(excluding fading) 5 years
g) All remaining parts 2 years

Weber shall at no cost to the consumer, upon
such defects occurring, at its option repair or
replace such faulty materials or workmanship.

Our goods come with guarantees that cannot
be excluded under the Australian Consumer
Law. You are entitled to a replacement or
refund fo r a major failure and fo r compensatio n
for any other reasonably foreseeable loss
or damage. You are also entitled to have the
goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to
be of acceptable quality and the failure does
not amount to a major failure.

This limited warranty does not cover any
defects, failures, operating difficulties or
damage caused due to accident, abuse,
misuse, alteration, misapplication, improper
installation, connection of any other apparatus
other than authorised Weber products,
improper maintenance or service or failure to
perform normal and routine maintenance.

Weber may require proof of the date of
purchase of t he Weber barbecu e and therefore
the consumer should retain the sales docket
and return the Weber Customer Care Card
immediately.

The benefits conferred by this warranty are in
addition to all the other rights and remedies
to a consumer under the Commonwealth of
Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010
or other Commonwealth or State legislation
and this warranty does not purport to limit or
exclude such rights and remedies.

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A
WEBER® FAMILY Q BARBECUE

We know you will quickly begin to enjoy
many memorable barbecued meals on your
Weber Q. To help you get started we’ve
included this Weber Q cooking guide which
includes some of our favourite recipes. To get
the best results, you need to use the correct
heat settings as shown in the barbecuing
and roasting instructions. In addition to the
recipes, you’ll find a ‘barbecuing and roasting
guide’ on the last few pages. This provides an
estimate of the cooking times for many of the
dishes you may like to try.
If you need advice or would like some help you
can either call us on:
1300 301 290 (Australia)
0800 493 237 (New Zealand)
or email us at:
[e-mail] (Australia)
[e-mail] (New Zealand)
You’ll find the people in our company will go
out of their way to help you.
If you would like to fill in your warranty
details or need information about any of our
barbecues or accessories visit our website at
www.weberbbq.com.au (Australia)
www.webernz.co.nz (New Zealand)
Thank you again, and happy Weber-Q-ing.

CONTENTS

How to get the best from your Weber® Family QTM 2
Helpful hints for the Weber Family Q 3

Recipes

Sunday Breakfast 7
Salmon Fillet with Crispy Skin & Thai Cucumber Salad 9
Meat Lovers Pizza 11
Porterhouse Steaks 13
Prawn Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce 15
Greek Style Roast Leg of Lamb 17
Roast Chicken 19
Baked Snapper 21
Traditional Bread and Butter Pudding 23
Christmas Turkey 25

Barbecuing and Roasting Guide 26
Weber Q Accessories 29

How to get the best from your Weber® Family Q™

Your Family QTM has been designed to cook

Barbecuing

magnificent steaks. To get the best results with
steak , cook on the g rill bars ra ther than o n a hotplate.
Only use a hotplate when there is the potential for
a lot of fat to come away from the meat or when
cooking eggs, pancakes and the like. When a recipe
in this cooking guide requires you to ‘barbecue’, it
is recommended that you turn the meat only once,
halfway through cooking. Always barbecue with

the lid closed, these barbecues are not designed
to cook with the lid up. Even when cooking on a
hotplate always cook with the lid down.

Whether you are barbecuing meat on the grill
or on a hotplate, it is important that you preheat
the barbecue before cooking. The instructions for
preheating your Family Q follow.

Preheating and barbecuing

To preheat your Family Q, open the lid and turn
both control knobs to START/HI (photograph A).
Immediately press the ignition button to light the
barbecue. Once alight, close the lid and allow the
barbecue to heat up for 10 minutes. Your Family
Q is preheated and ready for barbecuing. Leave
both burners set on START/HI throughout the
barbecuing process when using the grill. Remember
to always cook with the lid down. If you are cooking
with a hotplate you will need to allow time for it to
heat up. Always preheat the plate with the lid down
and test it with a droplet of water to make sure it’s
hot enough to cook on. For more information on
barbecuing and using a hotplate on your Family
Q, have a look at the videos on our website at
www.weberbbq.com.au (Australia)
www.webernz.co.nz (New Zealand)

A

When a recipe in this book requires you to ‘roast’

Roasting and baking

or ‘bake’, it is recommended that you remove the
hotplate (if you have one), place both cooking grills
in the barbecue and use a Family Q convection
tray and Family Q trivet. The convection tray and
trivet will transform your Family Q from cooking
in barbecue mode to oven mode in seconds. The
convection tray is engineered with vents designed
to circulate the heat perfectly all around the food.
The vents allow the fat from the roast to drain
away, falling between the grill bars and into the drip
pan below.
To set up your Family Q for roasting and baking,
place a convection tray on the grill so the four
locating tabs sit inside the covered areas of your
cooking grill. The tray should now be positioned in
the middle of your Family Q cooking grill. Place the
Family Q trivet on the tray (photograph B). You are
now set up to roast or bake.

B

position and leave the large burner control knob
on START/HI (photograph D). Continue cooking
using these settings until the end of the cooking
time. IMPORTANT: Do not leave the small burner

control knob on for longer than 25 minutes while
roasting or baking. Unlike an indoor oven, your Q

uses natural convection, allowing you to cook at
higher temperatures. This is how your Q is able to
produce such wonderful, flavoursome roasts and
that’s why it is essential to use a convection tray
and trivet when roasting with these settings. It is
normal for there to be a slight drop in temperature
when you open the lid and put your food in the
barbecue. Don’t worry; the temperature will rise
again over the cooking time. Remember, there
is no need to turn the meat when roasting, so
try not to open the lid unnecessarily. For more
information on roasting and baking on your Family
Q, have a look at the videos on our website at
www.weberbbq.com.au (Australia)
www.webernz.co.nz (New Zealand)

C

D

Getting the timing right so that your roast is cooked

Roasting tip

to your liking can be difficult at times when cooking
outside. Wind, ambient temperature and the
temperature of the meat when you start cooking
all influence the amount of time a roast needs to be
cooked.
One of the best ways to make sure you get your
roast cooked just the way you like it is to use a meat
thermometer. With a standard meat thermometer
you can read the internal temperature of the meat,
so you can tell when it’s cooked to your liking. An
internal meat temperature cooking chart is included
in the ‘Barbecuing and roasting guide’ at the end of
this booklet.

Helpful hints for the Weber Family Q

Always cook with the lid closed

No matter whether you are cooking a roast, a
barbecue or breakfast on a hotplate, always cook
with the lid closed. Why?
First, cooking with the lid closed creates natural
convection of the air inside the barbecue. This
results in more even cooking with more natural
juices being retained.
Second, you will achieve outstanding barbecue
flavour that you can’t get by cooking with the lid
open. This is produced when barbecue smoke is
circulated all around the meat, imparting a beautiful
smokey flavour.
Third, cooking times are greatly reduced (about half
of what you might expect on an open barbecue),
which means you can barbecue the same amount
while using a lot less gas. As less gas is required to
cook the food, you don’t need to fill the gas bottle
anyw here near as often (a 9kg gas bottle will last for
over 20 hours of cooking).

When you are roasting or baking you must preheat
the barbecue. The instructions for preheating the
Family Q for roasting or baking follow.

Preheating and roasting or baking

To preheat your Family Q, open the lid and place
the convection tray and trivet in position. Turn
both control knobs to START/HI (Photograph A).
Immediately press the ignition button to light the
barbecue. Preheat the barbecue for 10 minutes
with both burner control knobs on START/HI and
the lid closed. Once your Family Q is preheated, turn
the small burner control knob to the low setting
(photograph C). Your Family Q is ready for roasting
and baking. You can now place your food inside
the Family Q. After cooking for 20 to 25 minutes,
turn the small burner control knob to the OFF

2

Use ‘natural convection’

to get the best results

Remember, these barbecues use natural convec tion
to cook food perfectly. To assist convection, try not
to cover more than two thirds of the cooking grill
at one time. Whilst they will cook with the whole
cooking surface covered, the results are far better if
you barbecue in two or three batches when feeding
a crowd.
When roasting, make sure the height of your food
fits inside with the lid closed. To allow the air to
circulate properly you should use a convection tray
and Q™ trivet and make sure you have clearance
between your food and the lid.

3

How often should you turn the meat?

Your Family Q will produce the most impressive
food when you let the ‘convection process’ do its
work with minimum interruption. For this reason,
resist the temptation to continually turn the food.
Each time you turn the food you have to raise the
lid, allowing the hot air to escape. When barbecuing
meat, outstanding results are achieved if you use
tongs to turn the meat (once only) halfway through
the cooking time. Roasts, on the other hand, should
never need turning.

Food sticking to the grill

When barbecuing food, the meat can sometimes
stick to the hot grill. If the meat is properly branded
(2½ to 3 minutes) before you turn it, it will not stick.
People trying to turn the meat too early often have
this ‘sticking’ problem. Don’t tear it, just leave the
meat where it is and it will come free once properly
branded.

Using sauces and glazes

Only apply sauces or glazes that have a high sugar
content during the last 10 to 15 minutes of cooking.
If applied too early they will spoil the food, because
the sugar in the glaze will caramelise and turn black.

Regular cleaning is necessary

Allowing lots of fat to build up inside the barbecue
below the cooking grill can result in a fat fire. If
excess fats are cleaned away every four or five
times the barbecue is used this should never be a
problem. If you ever do have a fat fire turn the gas
off at the gas bottle and open the lid to let the heat
escape. Remove the food. Do not throw water on
the fire, just allow the fire to burn ou t with the lid up.
It could burn for five or ten minutes.
For more informaton on cleaning your Q
have a look at the videos on our website at
www.weberbbq.com.au (Australia)
www.webernz.co.nz (New Zealand)

How to clean your cooking grill quickly

The cooking sur face on your Weber Family Q is easy
to clean. For day to day cleaning the best method
is to use a Weber grill brush. After preheating the
barbecue on high for 10 minutes, use a grill brush to
scrape any solid debris from the cooking grill. Use
a pair of long handled tongs to rub a damp cloth or
paper towel over the grill bars to remove any excess
grease. Your Family Q cooking grill is now ready to
cook on.

TM

Problem. Meat tastes stewed and lacks

Troubleshooting

expected barbecue flavour.
Solution. Temperature is not hot enough. Make sure
that you preheat your barbecue as directed under
‘barbecuing’ on page 2. Always cook all food with
the lid closed.

• Follow the instructions in your Weber® Family Q

Practise Family Q

owner’s manual for safe lighting and operating your
barbecue.

• Keep your barbecue at least 60cm from any
combustible materials, including your house,
garage, deck railing, etc.

safety

• Never use a barbecue indoors – that includes a
Problem. Food does not cook in the estimated
cooking time.
Solution. Temperature is not hot enough. Make sure
that you preheat your barbecue as directed under
‘barbecuing’ on page 2. Always cook all food with
the lid closed.

garage or enclosed patio.

• Keep sleeves and garments at a safe distance from

the heat.

• If for some reason you ever have a fat fire, turn off

the gas at the bottle and open the lid, then stand
away. Never pour water on a fat fire.

• Never use the barbecue on a boat. Bottled gas is
Problem. Strong wind blows gas flame out.
Solution. Turn off gas and allow 5 minutes before
relighting. If possible move your barbecue to a
position that is protected from the wind. If this is
not possible, face the back of your barbecue into
the wind, so that the wind cannot blow into the
barbecue through the air vents on either side.

denser than air and can accumulate in the bottom
of the boat.

• Keep children and pets a safe distance away from

the barbecue when it is hot.

• When you’ve finished cooking, turn off the

barbecue at the burner control and at the gas
bott le. If your barbecue is on natural gas tur n off the

barbecue at the burner control knob and disconnect
Problem. The gas will not relight after you’ve been
cooking.
Solution. The barbecue needs to cool down a bit,
so that the gas is not carried away from the igniter

the hose at the bayonet fitting.

• Before you start cooking check and empty any

accumulated fat from the aluminium tray located

below the barbecue.
by heat rising. Turn off the gas and allow 5 minutes
before relighting.

Food safety

• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and hot
Problem. Flame doesn’t travel all the way around
the burner, therefore not producing even heating
of the grill.
Solution. Hole(s) in the burner tube may be blocked
by something that has fallen from above. Lift out
the cooking grill and use a paper clip or safety pin to
clean out any residue from the burner holes.

water before starting any meal preparation, and
after handling fresh meat, fish or poultry.

• Thoroughly defrost foods in the refrigerator, not

on the bench top.

• Use a clean spatula or tongs to remove food from

the barbecue.

• Never place cooked food on the platter that was

used to carry the uncooked food to the barbecue.
Problem. Black residue from the cooking grill sticks
to the meat.
Solution. Ensure that the cooking surface is clean

• Always cook minced meats until they are at least

medium (71°C internal temperature) and poultry

until well done (74°C).
before you start barbecuing (see ‘How to clean your
cooking grill quickly’ on page 4).

Cooking times

In this cooking guide each recipe has the estimated
Problem. Black smoke is coming from the barbecue.
Solution. Black smoke is a sure sign that there is a
fire inside your barbecue (see ‘Regular cleaning is
necessary’, page 4). Grey smoke is fine, this grey
smoke imparts flavour to your food.

cooking time included. In addition, pages 26 to 28

are a general guide to help you with cooking times

for other cuts and thicknesses of meat.

Barbecuing and roasting times listed in this guide

are approximate. You may have to allow more time

or use more heat on cold or windy days.

Try using a timer; you’ll find it really handy. It’ll give

you a reminder when your barbecue is preheated,

when your meat needs turning, and when the meat

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is likely to be cooked.

SUNDAY BREAKFAST

Barbecue on Hotplate

Ingredients

Eggs

Bacon rashers

Sausages (optional)

Tomato halves

Method

You will need an oiled hotplate (accessory). If cooking sausages, place them on the preheated

hotplate for 6 to 8 minutes with the lid down. Turn them only once or twice.

Add the eggs, bacon and the tomato halves (flat side down) and continue cooking for 3 to 4

minutes, or until the cooked to your liking.

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SALMON FILLET WITH CRISPY SKIN

& THAI CUCUMBER SALAD

Barbecue on Hotplate

Ingredients

Salmon fillet pieces with skin on, 200g to 250g each and about 50mm thick

Olive oil

Salt

For the salad

2 continental cucumbers

½ cup chopped coriander

6 large shallots, sliced thinly

1 medium red chilli, seeded and finely diced

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar

2 tablespoons peanut oil

Freshly ground black pepper

Method

Lightly brush the salmon fillets all over with olive oil. Season with salt.

Barbecue the salmon on the hotplate, skin side down, for 4 minutes. Turn the fillets and

barbecue for another 2 or 3 minutes.

To make the salad: Peel the cucumbers. Use a vegetable peeler to slice strips of cucumber

from one end to the other. Discard the centre seeds.

Place cucumber in a colander and allow to drain for around 30 minutes.

Toss cucumber with the chopped coriander, shallots and chilli, and set aside until ready to

serve.

To make the dressing, in a bowl dissolve the brown sugar in the lime juice and fish sauce,

then whisk in the vinegar. Season with black pepper and add the peanut oil. Mix well before

pouring over salad to serve with salmon.

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