Smoking Food; Which Wood Or Charcoal Should I Use; Step 1: Lighting The Appliance; Step 2: Starting To Smoke - Barbecook OSKAR series Bedienungsanleitung

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SMOKING FOOD

You need wood or charcoal, firelighters (complying with EN 1860-3), a
long match and some liquid (water, broth, wine...).

6.1 Which wood or charcoal should I use?

To light the appliance, you can use wood or charcoal:
Material
Wood
Charcoal
Close your bag of charcoal properly before storing it. Always
store it in a dry place, do not store it in a cellar.

6.2 Step 1: Lighting the appliance

Before you can smoke any food, you have to light a fire at the bottom
of the appliance. Proceed as follows:
1. Remove the lid, the upper rings of the body, the cooking grill(s)
and the broth pan from the appliance.
2. Put the charcoal grid in the charcoal bowl.
3. Open the air supply holes in the ash container. You find the ash
container below the charcoal bowl.
4. Put some firelighters on the charcoal grid. Always use firelighters
that comply with EN 1860-3.
5. Cover the firelighters with charcoal or wood. Tips:
• Pile the charcoal or wood in a pyramid shape.
• Do not use too much charcoal or wood to light the fire.
• Make sure you can still reach the firelighters.
6. Take a long match and light the firelighters.
When using the appliance for the first time, let it burn for 30
minutes. This removes any remaining manufacturing greases
from the appliance.
Do not put the grill on the appliance yet. An empty grill can
deform when held in the heat for too long.
Warning! Do not use spirit or petrol to light or re-light the
appliance.
7. Wait until the charcoal or wood is covered with a thin layer of
white ashes. Normally, this takes about 25 minutes.
8. Spread the coals or the wood evenly over the charcoal grid and
close the door in the bottom ring of the body.
If you use charcoal, you can also light it in the Barbecook
charcoal starter. When the charcoal is ready, just pour it from
the charcoal starter onto the charcoal grid.
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What to use
• You can use any type of wood, except
pine wood.
• Use twigs and small branches to light the
appliance. You can add larger branches
and logs afterwards.
• Always light your appliance with traditional
charcoal, never with briquettes. Once the
appliance is lit, you can add briquettes.
• Use good quality charcoal to light the
appliance, preferably complying with
EN 1860-2. Good quality charcoal is
composed of large, shiny bricks and does
not give off much dust.
• Use small pieces of charcoal to light the
appliance. You can add larger bricks
afterwards.

6.3 Step 2: Starting to smoke

Once the charcoal or wood is covered with a thin layer of white ashes,
you can start smoking. Proceed as follows:
1. Put the broth pan in the bottom ring of the body, on the three
support brackets.
2. Pour some liquid (water, broth, wine...) in the broth pan. You can
also add herbs to the liquid for extra flavour.
3. Put the first cooking grill on the broth pan and put your food on
the grill.
Only put a single layer of food on the grill and leave enough
space between the pieces of food. This allows the smoke and
heat to circulate evenly around the food.
4. Oskar L: Put the upper ring of the body on the bottom ring and
close the doors in both rings.
5. Oskar L: Put the second cooking grill on the support brackets
of the upper ring of the body. Make sure the rim of the grill rests
firmly on the brackets.
6. Put your food on the grill and put the lid on the appliance.
Oskar L: This procedure describes how to smoke food using
two grills. Obviously, you can also leave one of the grills out,
replace one grill by the smoking basket or hang your food from
the smoking hooks in the lid.

6.4 Step 3: Keeping a steady temperature

Once you started smoking, you have to keep the temperature steady
around 70 °C. Thanks to the thermometer in the lid, you can watch the
temperature closely.
6.4.1 TEMPERATURE TOO HIGH
1. Put the lid on the appliance. Close the air supply holes in the lid
and in the ash container.
2. If the temperature remains too high, put some soaked wood
chips on the fire. This also enhances the flavour of your food.
6.4.2 TEMPERATURE TOO LOW
1. Fan the fire by opening the air supply holes in the lid and the ash
container.
2. If fanning the fire does not raise the temperature enough, add
some charcoal or wood to the fire. Proceed as follows:
a. Put gloves on. Keep them on during the entire procedure.
b. Carefully remove the lid from the appliance and open the door
in the bottom ring of the body.
c. Put some extra charcoal or wood in the charcoal pan. Use
long-handled tongs and try not to stir up the ashes or cause
any sparks.
d. Close the door in the bottom ring of the body.
e. Wait until the fire burns strongly and put the lid back on the
appliance.
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USEFUL TIPS AND TRICKS

7.1 Adding flavour with wood chips

To infuse your food with extra flavour, you can add flavoured wood
chips to the fire. You can use the chips in two ways:
• Soak the chips in water for 10 minutes, drain them and sprinkle
them over the charcoal or wood.
• Put the chips in a tinfoil pouch, perforate the pouch with a fork
and put the pouch on the charcoal or wood.
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