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Getting Started
Primo Assembly (continued)
WARNING: You should NEVER lift the grill
from the hinge mechanism attached to the
black bands. Lifting the cooker
from the bands and hinge mechanism can
result in personal injury and will void the
warranty if damage occurs. If dropped, the
ceramic will break.
Once in place, the grill should be ready to go! If using in a wooden table
you may adjust the position of the ceramic feet as needed. Make sure
to use a proper sealant on the cypress or teak wood table.
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Natural Lump Charcoal
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or cooking purposes, charcoal comes in two different shapes: lump
charcoal and briquettes. Lump charcoal is charcoal which has not been
formed into briquettes. Briquettes are the pillow shaped little pieces of
compressed ground charcoal.
Always use lump charcoal in the Primo. Primo Grills and Smokers use
a firebox to hold the charcoal. As the charcoal burns, the ash falls down
into the bottom of the bowl. There isn't much room for a lot of ash.
Lump charcoal produces low amounts of ash and will burn at whatever
rate and temperature that you allow it to. It also tends to burn hotter
and light faster than briquettes.
The Process
Natural Lump Charcoal comes from partially burning wood or heating
wood without the use of oxygen. In doing so, this charred wood
becomes carbon. During the process of making charcoal, volatile
compounds in the wood (water, hydrogen, methane and tars) pass off
as vapors into the air, and the carbon is converted into charcoal.
The Properties
Since Charcoal is pure wood carbon, it weights much less than its
original state. It is also free of tars (which can contain carcinogenic
compounds, like benzo-a-pyrene). Unlike charcoal briquettes, which
contain different chemicals, natural charcoal is 100% carbon.
Types of Lump Charcoal
There are 2 types of charcoal: the first type comes from natural wood
which has been cut and made into charcoal. This is as natural as you
can get. The wood comes from trees, branches and scrap pieces from
saw mills. The second type comes from using processed scrap wood
and tuning it into charcoal. Processed scrap wood tends to burn faster
since its density is less than natural. This is because there is less
moisture in the wood at the time it is transformed into charcoal.
Lighting Lump Charcoal
Never use starter fluid! It will give an undesirable flavor to your food,
absorb into the ceramic and void the warranty. There are many other
ways to light lump charcoal. You can use paraffin fireplace starter
blocks (Primo recommended), electric starters, propane sticks, weed
burners, propane torches, MAP gas torches or Chimney starters.
First Use
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