Handle
Ash Pan
Handle
Cooking Grill
TLC 2000 Coal Stove | 12 |
Disposal of Ashes. The TLC 2000 was designed to provide access to the ash pan without the need for opening the main door. Wearing heavy protective gloves, open the ash door and remove the ash pan by pulling it forward by the handle. Close the ash door before taking the ashes outside for safe disposal.
A good time to empty the ash pan is before loading. This ensures that the ashes will be cold and safer to handle than directly after shaking the ashes down or tending the fire.
Ashes should be placed in a steel container with a tight fitting lid and moved outdoors immediately. The closed container of ashes should be placed on a noncombustible floor or on the ground, well away from all combustible materials, pending final disposal. If the ashes are disposed of by burial in soil or otherwise locally dispersed, they should be retained in the closed container until all cinders have thoroughly cooled. Other waste shall not be placed in this container.
Refueling
Open the coal air control to the maximum position by slid- ing it to the right. Allow the fire to burn vigorously for several minutes. Shake the grates with short choppy strokes until the first red coals fall into the ash pan, then stop! Add coal to the top of the coal bed. It is good to allow some red hot coals ex- posed to help ignite the gases coming off of the newly added coal. These gases can be volatile if left accumulate. The coal air control may be returned to the desired setting.
Stainless Steel Cooking Grill (Optional )
The cooking grill can be used for open fire grilling over anthracite coal or wood.
To install the grill, place the handle in the grill as shown at left. The grill can now be lifted and positioned in the opening on top of the stove as shown below left.
Caution: Cooking GrillMay Be Hot. Always wear gloves when handling the grill.
Cooking on anthracite coal produces flavor similar to a gas grill.
Cooking on wood produces many flavors depending on the type of wood used. More flavor is added when cooking is done with the top closed. This causes the heat and smoke to circle around the food.
As with grilling or any open fire cooking, the amount of heat and cooking time must be experimented with for best results.
TLC 2000 with cooking grill in action