1. Follow the infrared side burner lighng instrucons and operate on high for 5 minutes with the lid
opened or unl the ceramic burners glow red.
2. Place food on grills and cook according to mes listed in the Infrared Grilling Chart.
3. Depending upon your taste, connue cooking over infrared burners on high, medium or low, turning
food frequently, or place food on the main burner area of the grill, close lid, and allow oven temperature
to slowly nish cooking your food.
CAUTION!
: The infrared burners of your grill are designed to provide a long
service life. However, there are steps you must take to prevent cracking of their ceramic surfaces, which
will cause the burners to malfuncon.
• Never let water come in direct contact with your ceramic burner.
• Do not allow hard objects to impact the infra red burner.
• Do not allow cold water (rain, sprinkler, hose, etc.) to come in contact with hot ceramic burners. A
large temperature dierenal can cause cracking of the ceramic le.
• Damage caused by failure to follow these steps is not covered by your grill warranty.
Most people don’t realize that the heat source we are most familiar with, our sun, warms the earth using
mainly infrared energy. This is a form of electro-magnec energy with a wavelength just greater than
the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than a radio wave. This energy was discovered in 1800
by Sir William Herschel who dispersed sunlight into its component colors using a prism. He showed that
most of the heat in the beam fell into the spectral region just beyond the red end of the spectrum, where
no visible light existed.
Most materials readily absorb infrared energy in a wide range of wavelengths,
causing an increase in its tem
perature. The same phenomenon causes us to feel warmth when we are
exposed to sunlight. The infrared rays from the sun travel through the vacuum of space, through the
atmosphere, and penetrate our skin. This causes increased molecular acvity in the skin, which creates
internal fricon and generates heat, allowing us to feel warmth.
Foods cooked over infrared heat sources are heated by the same principle. Charcoal grilling is our most
familiar choice for infrared cooking. The glowing briquees emit infrared energy to the food being cooked
with very lile drying eect. Any juices or oils that escape from the food drip onto the charcoal and
vaporize into smoke giving the food its delicious grilled taste. The Napoleon infrared burner cooks in the
same way. In each burner, 10,000 ports – each with its own ny ame – cause the surface of the ceramic
le to glow red. This glow emits the same type of infrared heat to the food as charcoal, without its hassle
or mess. Infrared burners also provide a more consistently heated area that is far easier to regulate than
a charcoal re. For instant searing, the burners can be set to high, yet they can also be turned down for
slower cooking. We all know how dicult that is on a charcoal re. Tradional gas burners heat the food
in a dierent way. The air surrounding the burner is
heated by the combuson process and then rises to
the food being cooked. This generates lower grill
temperatures that are ideal for more delicate cuisine
such as seafood or vegetables, whereas Napoleon’s in
frared burners produce searing heat for juicier,
taser steaks, hamburgers and other meats. For cooking mes and ps refer to the Infrared Grilling Chart.
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