GRILL CARE AND USE
Follow these tips for grill care and use to ensure longevity. While many of them may seem obvious, simple things like learning to not over fuel your grill, and good cleaning practices will greatly extend its useful life.
How To light Your Wood Burning Grill:
- Make sure the grill is located on a solid surface, set away from shrubbery, grass, and overhangs.
- Roll the grate up to the highest adjustment.
- Place a few pieces of crumbled newspaper / small pieces of cardboard in the center of the fire bucket.
- Place a small amount of kindling on-top of newspaper/cardboard (pine wood chunks/splintered pieces of hardwood make great kindling).
- Stack your hardwood logs over the kindling.
- Light the kindling using matches or extended neck lighter.
- After 15-20 minutes, add one log at a time until desired cooking temperature is reached.
Over fueling can result in uncontrollable fires or causing warping and paint chipping. Do not consider your grill a bon-fire pit. Excessive fires will void our warranty.
How to season grill grates
Once the fire has burned down to desired cooking temperature, lower the grate to desired cooking height. One of the most common mistakes is to lower the grate into a hot fire before it’s had a chance to cool down to a good cooking temperature. This serves no purpose, and will only increase the chance of warping. Use “Dad’s 5 Second Rule.” The rule says, if you can hold your hand over the grate for 5 seconds it is the right temperature for cooking. Using tongs or similar utensil, grease the grates and grate frames using fat trimmings, a potato half dipped in cooking oil, or cooking spray. This will provide a non-stick grilling surface. Re-season as needed, per grill care and use.