Use and Care of Your Grill, Turning Grill On

Use and Care of Your Grill

Before First Use of Grill

•Remove all packaging and sale labels from the grill. Do not use sharp tools to remove stickers.

•Wash cooking grate with warm soapy water, rinse and dry thoroughly.

Before Each Use of Grill

•Use grill only on a firm and level surface to prevent tipping over.

•To prevent household circuit breakers from tripping, keep electric controller dry and do not use other electrical products on the same circuit.

•Check grease cup to make sure it is empty and is mounted under the drain hole.

•For stick-free cooking, apply a thorough coating of vegetable oil or vegetable oil based spray to the cooking grate.

Turning Grill On

•Ensure electrical controller is turned fully counterclockwise to OFF position.

•Plug power supply cord into a properly grounded, GFI protected outlet. If extension cord must be used refer to "Extension Cord Use and Safety" on page 4 of this manual.

•With controller fully seated in grill, turn knob clockwise. Indicator light should come on.

Preheating the Grill

•Keep lid closed.

•Preheat for searing, 15 - 20 minutes with controller set to MAX. (See illustration below)

•For foods requiring a lower cooking grate temperature use a setting lower than maximum. See cooking chart.

•When the controller light turns off, the maximum temperature has been reached for that knob setting. During use this light will cycle on and off.

OFFMAX

Align settings on controller knob with light/pointer on controller casing as shown above.

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Use care when operating your grill. Be sure you read and understand all the information and safeguards in this manual before operating this grill.

In case of fire turn controller to OFF, unplug grill from outlet and allow fire to burn out. Do not use water to put out a fire in this or another electrical appliance.

To avoid electrical shock disconnect electric cord and remove electric controller before removing heating element and cleaning grill. Never immerse electric controller or heating element in any liquid.

To avoid the possibility of burns be sure grill is cool before removing and/or cleaning electric controller and heating element.

Do not use sharp or pointed tools to clean grill. These type cleaning tools may tear or puncture the insulation bowl.

Do not use abrasive oven cleaners, steel wool or metal brushes to clean porcelain grates or grill body. These will damage the finish.

Replace damaged insulation bowl(s) only with Char-Broil certified replacement parts. Do not attempt to repair damaged parts.