Weber 14407001 Owner's Guide

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LIGHTING CHARCOAL

Before lighting charcoal, determine which grilling

method you will be using. Depending on the

model you purchased, your grill may or may not

be equipped with the features described on the

following pages.

Setting Up the Grill for Direct Grilling

Method

Lighting the Charcoal Using a

ChimneyStarter

The simplest, most thorough way to light any kind

of charcoal is to use a chimney starter; particularly,

the WEBER RAPIDFIRE chimney starter (sold

separately). Refer to the cautions and warnings

included with the RAPIDFIRE chimney starter

before lighting charcoal.

1. Put a few sheets of crumpled up newspaper in

the bottom of the chimney starter and set the

chimney starter on the charcoal (bottom) grate

(A); or put a few lighter cubes (sold separately)

in the center of the charcoal grate and place the

chimney starter over them (B).

2. Fill the chimney starter with charcoal (C).

3. Using a long lighter or matchstick, light the

lighter cubes or newspaper through the holes on

the bottom side of the chimney starter(D).

4. Keep the chimney starter in place until the

charcoal is fully lit. You know the charcoal is

fully lit when it is covered with a coating of white

ash.

Note: Lighter cubes must be completely consumed and

the charcoal ashed over before placing food on the

cooking grate. Do not cook before the charcoal has a

coating of ash.

5. Once the charcoal is fully lit, continue to the

following pages for instructions on how to

arrange your charcoal and begin cooking

according to your desired grilling method.

Lighting the Charcoal Without a Chimney

Starter

1. Build a pyramid of charcoal in the center of

the charcoal (bottom) grate and insert a couple

of lighter cubes (sold separately) within the

pyramid.

2. Using a long lighter or matchstick, light the

lighter cubes. The lighter cubes will then ignite

the charcoal (E).

3. Wait for the charcoal to fully light. You know

the charcoal is fully lit when it is covered with a

coating of white ash.