Wood Chips Water Reservoir Or Chunks | Char-Broil 10201597-50

Setup Instructions

Using Wood Chips or Chunks

•Dried aromatic wood chips or chunks need to be saturated with water, so that when placed in the water pan, a smoldering smoke will result. Wood chips or chunks can be soaked too long; however, 2 hours is adequate. As a rule of thumb, use wood chunks for smoking 3 or more hours and wood chips when smoking less than 3 hours. Start with 3 wood chunks or 1½ cups of wood chips.

Wood Chips	Water
Wood Chips	Reservoir
or Chunks

Spray inside door and body with nonstick vegetable oil based spray. Place water pan onto brackets in the smoker drawer. Using a 4 quart (one gallon) container fill the water pan 2/3 full with hot tap water. Do not overfill the water pan.

Water or Juice?

Placing water alone in the water pan is adequate; however, it is not the only viable choice. Fruit juice, cola, beer, wine, drained marinades and even the water in which the wood has soaked make flavorful sources. In addition, celery stalks, onions, carrots, apples, peppercorns and bay leaves are just a few of the other popular flavor sources to add to the water pan.

Before each use, inspect the interior lid and body surface areas for loose particle buildup. Clean away any loose or flaking residue so it will not fall onto food while being cooked.

Before cooking, coat cooking grates with oil or with a vegetable oil based spray. Using oven mitts, carefully place cooking grates into smoker. Larger cuts of meat or food that cook for long periods of time should be placed on the lower cooking grate. If you are cooking foods with several pieces, such as racks of ribs or Cornish hens, be sure to allow adequate spacing for even heat circulation. Using oven mitts, carefully insert upper cooking grate into smoker. Smaller food items require less cooking time and should be placed on the upper cooking grate. After filling the smoker, close the door and leave undisturbed until suggested minimum cooking time.

Meats that require more than 4 hours of cooking time to reach doneness may require additional water. The initial amount of hot water added (4 quarts) should last 4-6 hours. After 4-6 hours, check water level and add more hot water as necessary.

Use a meat thermometer for measuring the internal heat of any food. The appearance of smoked foods resembles no other method of cooking, particularly in light colored meats such as pork, turkey, chicken and Cornish hens. The outside will be pinkish-red while the inside when cooked to perfection, is often pink. The juices from fully cooked poultry will run clear when pierced with a fork. Fish is done when it flakes easily when tested with a fork. Shrimp should be resilient to the touch when done. Remove foods from smoker before carving. To brown meats, cook for an additional ½ hour or more with no water in water pan.

Performance of the smoker is dependent on ambient temperature and wind conditions. With temperature below 60°F and winds of 5 MPH or more, the smoker can lose a significant amount of heat and it may not be possible to raise internal temperature of meat high enough to cook it in a reasonable time.

Your smoker is designed with a drawer that is used to hold the water pan. This drawer will allow you to keep a check on the water level in the smoker without having to open the door. Opening the door during cooking will allow heat to escape and will significantly increase cooking time.

You may use your smoker without water in the water pan. However DO NOT use the smoker without the water pan properly installed. To do so will allow grease and drippings from the food being cooked to drop through the unit and onto the floor or surface on which the units sits.

Brush poultry and naturally lean meats with cooking oil, butter or margarine before cooking.

When cooking more than one piece of meat, the cooking time is determined by the largest piece being cooked.

The meat bastes itself during cooking. No basting or turning is necessary while cooking in the smoker. For variety, marinade of barbeque sauce may be applied before placing into the smoker.

Resist the temptation to open the door during cooking time. Opening the door will cause a loss of heat, which will result in longer cooking times.

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10201597-50 specifications

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