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COOKING TIPS
• Don’t over-season your meat. Smoking adds a wonderful avor on its own. If you are new to smoking, start with just salt and pepper, then, with
experience, work your way up to more complicated seasonings.
• Resist the urge to constantly check the meat. Opening the lid frequently can result in heat-loss and not allow the cooking chamber to maintain a constant
temperature.
• Don’t over-load the cooking chamber. Leave room for smoke to envelope, and absorb into, the meat.
Hopper Clean-Out:
• It’s best not to store your pellets in the hopper for a long period of time.
If you aren’t going to be using the smoker portion of the grill for a while, empty the pellets from the hopper into a small, sealable, plastic bucket. This will keep the pellets dry and ready
for their next use. You can empty the pellets from the hopper by pulling the pellet dump. Place a bucket or bag underneath the hopper before pulling on the pellet dump.
Preparing to use the Gas Grill:
1. Preheat the gas grill on high for 10 minutes.
2. Try searing the meat over high direct heat to seal in juices. The sear uses a controlled are-up, which in turn creates a avorful crust. You can then turn
down the heat to complete the internal cooking.
Fusion Fuel™:
The Lifetime® grill is equipped with Fusion Fuel™, a patented design allowing the use of traditional gas grilling and smoking in one machine without compromising the functionality of
either.
Using Gas Grill and Smoker at the same time:
Temperature is key when smoking meats. Higher temperatures (approximately 250°F / 121°C and up) will produce less smoke than lower temperatures. For optimal smoke, it is best to
keep the temperatures below 250°F / 121°C.
The unique design of the Lifetime® Gas Grill and Pellet Smoker, allows the user to infuse smoke avor while gas grilling.
Here are some examples:
• Reverse Sear your Meat—Smoke the meat rst. Once the meat has taken on a good smoky avor, sear the meat using high temperature gas.
• Supplemental Heat—During cold weather, all smokers struggle to maintain temperatures. However, increasing your smoker temperature produces less
smoke. With the Lifetime® grill, you can supplement the temperature with gas without increasing your smoker temperature and reducing the smoke
output.
NOTE: if the gas grill is producing temperatures above 450°F / 232°C, then the smoker automatically goes into ‘LO’ (low mode). For safety reasons, if the grill reaches temperatures above
700°F / 371°C, the smoker function will automatically go into Shutdown mode.
GAS GRILL OPERATION
Pellet dump