•Before the first use, wash your new grill grates in hot soapy water, rinse and dry. Then "season" the surface by wiping on a thin coating of cooking oil. Remove excess oil by wiping again with another paper towel. This procedure should be repeated when: a) cleaning in the dishwasher since the detergent may remove seasoning, or b) anytime a
•Use nonmetallic spatulas or utensils to prevent damaging the Excalibur ® nonstick grill grate finish.
•Preheat the grill on Hi for 5 or 10 minutes. Preheating improves the flavor and appearance of meats and quickly sears the meat to help retain the juices,
•Excessive amounts of fat should be trimmed from meats. Some fat is necessary to produce the smoke needed for that smoked, "outdoor" flavor. However, excessive fat can create cleaning and
•Allowing excessive amounts of grease or drippings to constantly flame voids the
warranty on the grill grates. Excessive
was not properly trimmed.
•Grease drippings will occasionally ignite to produce harmless puffs of flame for a second or two. This is a normal part of the cooking process.
•NEVER LEAVE GRILL UNA'I-rENDEDDURING GRILL OPERATION.
Should sustained flare-up occur:
1.Turn on FAN manually.
2.Immediatelyturngrillcontrolknobsto OFF position.
3.Remove meat from grill.
IMPORTANT
•Do not use aluminumfoil inside the grillarea.
•Do not use charcoal or woodchips in the grillarea,
•Do notallow burnerbasin to become overloadedwith grease. Clean after each use.
•Do not covergrates completelywith meat. Leave air space betweeneach steak, etc, to allowproper ventilationas well as
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