Food Safety
•Food safety is a very important part of enjoying the outdoor cooking experience. To keep food safe from harmful bacteria, follow these four basic steps:
Clean: Wash hands, utensils and surfaces with hot soapy water before and after handling raw meat and poultry.
Separate: Separate raw meats and poultry from
Cook: Cook meat and poultry thoroughly to kill bacteria. Use a thermometer to ensure proper internal food temperatures.
Chill: Refrigerate prepared foods and leftovers promptly.
For more information call: USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at
How To Tell If Meat Is Grilled Throughly
•Meat and poultry cooked on a grill often browns very fast on the outside. Use a meat thermometer to be sure food has reached a safe internal temperature, and cut into food to check for visual signs of doneness.
•Whole poultry should reach 1800F; breasts 1700F. Juices should run clear and flesh should not be pink.
•Hamburgers made of any ground meat or poultry should reach 1600F, and be brown in the middle with no pink juices. Beef, veal and lamb steaks, roasts and chops can be cooked to 1450F. All cuts of pork should reach 1600F.
•NEVER partially grill meat or poultry and finish cooking later. Cook food completely to destroy harmful bacteria.
•When reheating takeout foods or fully cooked meats like hot dogs, grill to 1650F, or until steaming hot.
Storing Your Grill
•Clean cooking grate(s) and discard old briquets.
•Store in dry location.
•When LP tank is connected to grill, store outdoors in
•Cover grill if stored outdoors. Choose from a variety of grill covers offered by
•Store grill indoors ONLY if LP tank is turned off and disconnected, removed from grill and stored outdoors.
•When removing grill from storage follow “Cleaning Burner Assembly” instructions before starting grill.
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