Use and Care Guide

WARNING
GENERAL OPERATING WARNINGS for Outdoor Gas Cookers
• Outdoor Gas Cookers do not have automatic thermostat controls so must be attended and monitored
at all times during use.
• Gas Cookers have an open flame. In sunlight or other bright light, the flame may be almost invisible.
Use extreme caution keeping hands, hair and clothing away from the cooker. Do not lean over the
cooker when lighting burner. Loose hair and clothing can catch fire during lighting and operation.
• Gas Cookers are an ATTENDED appliance, DO NOT leave gas appliances unattended while
heating oil, grease or water, cooking food or when hot after use (oil, grease or water above
115˚F: 45˚C). Heated liquid can remain at scalding temperatures long after cooking has ended.
• When cooking with oil/grease, the provided thermometer must be used to monitor temperature.
Check the thermometer every 3 minutes to ensure cooking oil does not exceed 400˚F (200˚C)
which is the fire hazard zone on the thermometer. Oil/grease heated above 400˚F (200˚C) will
ignite and catch fire causing property damage, personal injury or death.
• Even when burner is set at a low flame, never leave a gas cooker unattended. Cooking oil/grease
will heat up quickly and ignite at 550˚F to 700˚F (287˚C to 371˚C).
• Keep children and pets away from the cooking area at all times. Carefully monitor all activity
around cooker to avoid burns or other injuries.
• Gas cookers and stockpots will be extremely hot during and after use. Use insulated oven mitts
or gloves for protection from hot surfaces or splatter from cooking liquids. Always wear closed toe
shoes while cooking with any gas appliance.
• Use caution when walking or standing near cooker as splattered oil may have created a slick
surface. Do not walk between cooker and propane tank as this creates a trip hazard.
Tripping over the hose could overturn the cooker.
• Avoid bumping of or impact with the appliance to prevent spillage or splashing of hot cooking
liquid which can cause sever burns.
• DO NOT move the cooker and stockpot when in use. Allow cooking vessel to cool down to
115˚F (45˚C) before moving, cleaning or storing.
• Should the burner flame go out during use, turn all gas valves off. Wait 5 minutes for gas to evacuate
before re-lighting. Follow your cooker’s Instruction Manual for lighting and re-lighting your gas cooker.
• Never overfill a cooking vessel with oil, grease or water. Overfilled cooking vessels can boil
over and cause a fire. Follow instructions in this manual for establishing proper liquid level.
• After a period of storage or nonuse, check the cooker for gas leaks before use. See instructions
in this manual for correct procedures.
• DO NOT place an empty cooking vessel on a gas cooker while in operation as it could melt.
Use caution when placing anything in a cooking vessel while the cooker is in operation.
• Children can fall a into cooking vessel and drown in even a small amount of liquid. Keep cooking
vessel out of reach of children. Do not store your cooking vessel with liquid inside.
• When cooking with oil/grease, have a Type BC or ABC fire extinguisher readily accessible.
• Combustion by-products from the use of gas cookers contain chemicals known to the
State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
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