| 1. |
First time to season: spray
cooking area with vegetable oil or PAM (walls, doors, grates, etc.) Every thing
inside the cooker. After you have started your cooker, (pre cook in it by
letting the oil sizzle and sear and pre grill for about 35 to 45 minutes or
longer and then do the spray misting with water as follows.) |
| 2. |
Build fire: use 4-5 pieces of
split, dried hardwood (soda can diameter), leaving all doors and vents/dampers
wide open initially, (also brass valve at bottom wide open with gallon bucket
underneath) |
| 3. |
Light fire with kindling,
(charcoal, fat lightered, Wesson oil soaked paper towel, etc.) or a propane
brush burner; get a large fire going and wait until black smoke bellows out;
then close cooker door to "propped open" (i.e. over closed latch). When flames
come out of the fire box, close fire box door to "propped open" position (i.e.
over closed latch). |
| 4. |
When temperature gauge reaches
about 300 degrees Fahrenheit, open cooker door and spray/mist water inside on
all surfaces. (This is the steaming process). Then, let fire re-heat to 300
degrees Fahrenheit again and repeat spray/mist process. Steam cleaning inside
entire cooking area. Then, add a large piece or two of split wood, close
chimney damper to 45 degrees and fire box vents to almost closed, and let
cooker "smoke cure" which creates a hardwood smoke glaze. |
| 5. |
Oiling process is only done
initially. The firing mode (i.e. doors open, etc.) is done every time you fire
up. The steam cleaning should be done after each cook or before, by getting the
grill hot to create steam. |
| 6. |
Remember: Great food comes
from a clean grill; that is where the consistency comes in. |
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Other
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Before each cooking, after grill
is hot, spray a little water inside to clean off any dust and if you have not
cleaned your cooker from the last cooking, do so now. (If you clean your grill
after each cooking, It's A Snap.)
Heat is what does the cooking; the smoke
does the flavoring.
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Things you will
need:
Stainless steel version of a wire brush for use of cleaning
cooking racks and a scraping tool for scraping down drip pan. |
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