Use Of Your Barbecue; Lighting The Fire - BORETTI CERAMICA Notice D'utilisation

4. Use of your barbecue

4.1 Lighting the fire

Open the lid of the Ceramica and open the air inlet bottom vent and the air outlet top
vent. Remove the grill racks and the ceramic deflector plates. Place lump charcoal
in the appropriate charcoal basket.
Never use more than 1,2 kg lump charcoal for the Ceramica Medium.
Never use more than 2,2 kg lump charcoal for the Ceramica Large.
The charcoal basket has a divider, if divider is used we strongly advise to use 50%
of above mentioned quantity for the respective Ceramica kamado.
Chimney starters, electric starters or other items suitable for the lighting of charcoal
may be used to light the barbecue instead of firelighters or barbecue lighting fluid.
Always use these according to the instructions from the manufacturer.
Never use a chimney starter in combination with barbecue lighting fluid.
For the best tasting dishes, allow sufficient time for the charcoal to get warmed
through and wait until any firelighters that have been used are burnt up completely.
We recommend to use charcoal consisting of bigger lumps for the optimal results
on your Ceramica. We advise to keep the temperature of your Ceramica Kamado
below 300°C during the first three uses to heat up the ceramic parts gradually. For
more tips about recommended barbecue utensils or charcoal, see www.boretti.com
4.2 Controlling the fire
Building up a good fire takes both time and attention. A carefully built-up fire will
result in the best return. Your barbecue will remain at temperature for longer and
the use of charcoal will be kept to a minimum.
After you have lit the barbecue and it has attained the correct temperature, you
can control the temperature by making use of the air inlet and the air and the top
vent. When you (partly) open the air inlet and air outlet, higher temperatures will
be achieved, while the (partly) closing of the air inlet and air outlet will result in a
lower temperature. This mean you can decide on the correct temperature. Use
the thermometer for an accurate reading of the temperature.
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