Operating Instructions
RELOAD
If it is necessary to refi ll the hopper while cooking, follow the safe reloading instructions below.
• DO NOT add charcoal when grill is in excess of 250°.
• The fan will turn off if you open the hopper lid or ash door. This reduces the chimney effect created when these doors
are opened.
• Gravity fed technology works by maintaining a completely sealed hopper. When the hopper lid is opened the fl ame
will rise from the top of the hopper like a torch. Closing the hopper lid and ash door will return the fl ame to the normal
operating level.
• The amount of charcoal in the hopper determines how quickly the fl ame will rise when the hopper lid is opened.
Adding charcoal:
1. Open hopper lid.
• Use caution and wear protective gloves. Hopper lid will be hot.
• Flame will rise from hopper after a short time depending on the charcoal level.
2. Pour charcoal into hopper.
3. Close hopper lid.
SHUTDOWN
1. Turn controller off.
2. Close grill lid, hopper lid and ash door.
3. Install heat intake and air intake slides.
• The grill is designed to starve the charcoal of oxygen when shut down. This allows a percentage of unused charcoal to
be saved for the next cook.
4. Failure to install slides when shutting down may cause damage to grill.
ADDING SMOKE/FLAVOR
Option 1: Place wood chunks or charcoal in the ash tray to add fl avor before setting temperature. As the
charcoal in the hopper burns, the hot embers will fall onto the wood/charcoal in the tray, causing it to
burn at a slower rate and release more fl avor into the grill.
* NOTE: Never add more than ½ lbs at a time. Additional chunks or charcoal should not be added until any previously
added have ceased generating smoke.
Option 2: Mix wood chunks in the hopper with charcoal.
* NOTE: Never use more than 1.5 lbs of wood chunks throughout the hopper.
CONTROL PANEL
Power ON/Off Controller:
1. Press button to power controller ON.
2. Press and hold button to power controller OFF.
Set Temperature:
1. Press button.
2. Turn knob to desired temperature.
3. Press button again to set temperature
(Time will automatically set after 3 seconds.)
Set Time:
• Countdown Timer
1. Press button.
2. Turn knob to desired hours.
3. Press button to set hours.
4. Turn knob to desired minutes.
5. Press button to set minutes. The timer will start.
6. Press button to pause and resume timer.
7. Press and hold button to reset timer.
Meat
Probe
Jacks
Set Temperature From Fº to Cº :
1. With power off, hold set temp
button
2. Press power button
• Count Up Timer
1. Press and hold button.
2. Timer will begin counting up from 00:00.
Timer will count by Minutes:Seconds and
then Hours:Minutes.
3. Press button to pause and resume timer.
4. Press and hold button to reset timer.
3. Unit powers up with "F" or
"C" fl ashing on display
4. Use knob to select temp unit
5. Press set temp to confi rm