Using the Grill
• Before using the grill for the first time, wash grill Grilling Tips
grates in hot soapy water; rinse and dry. With your Maytag grill, literally any food you've
• Precondition grates and grill-rocks by brushing with considered "at its best" when prepared outdoors can
vegetable oil or spraying with a nonstiek coating such now be prepared indoors with great flavor and less filSS.
as Pare. This procedure should be repeated after
washing since detergent removes the seasoning. The following suggestions are good rules to follow and
will inerease your enjoyment of the equipment.
• Preheat grill on HI setting for 5 minutes. Preheating • Be sure to follow directions on this page for using the
improves the flavor and appearance of meats and grill.
quickly sears the meat to help retain the juices. The
heating element should glow bright red. • Suggested cooking times and control settings are
approximate due to variations in meats and electrical
• Use nonmetallic spatulas or utensils to prevent voltage. Experience will quickly indicate cooking
damaging the nonstiek grill grate finish, times as well as which settings work best.
• Excessive amounts of fat should be trimmed from • For best results, buy top grade meat. Meat that is at
meats. Some fiat is neeessary- to produce the smoke 3 ,, •
least '/4 vall grill better than thinner cuts.
needed for that smoked, "outdoor" flavor. However,
excessive fat can create cleaning and flare-up • Score fiaton edges of steak, but do not cut into meat,
problems, to prevent curling while cooking.
• Excessive flare-ups indicate that either the grill • For the attractive "branded" look on steaks, be sure
interior needs to be cleaned or that excessive amounts grill is preheated. Allow one side of meat to cook to
of fat are in the meat or the meat was not properly desired doneness, or until juices appear on the top
trimmed. Allowing excessive amounts of grease surface, before turning. It takes less time to cook the
or drippings to constantly flame voids the second side. Turn steaks and hamburgers just once.
warranty on the grill grates, Manipulating food causes loss of juices.
• Grease drippings will occasionally ignite to produce • When basting meats or applying sauces to foods,
harmless puffs of flanm for a second or b,vo.This is a remember that excessive amounts wind up inside
normal part of the cooking proeess, your grill and do not improve the food flavor. Apply
sauces during the last 15 to "20minutes of cooking
• NEVER LEAVE GRILL UNATTENDED time unless recipe specifies otherwise. Sugar-based
DUllING GRILL OPERATION.
sauces, excessively used, will caramelize on the grill
grates and grill-recks and will create a cleaning chore.
Should sustained flare-up occur:
• There are many meat marinades which will help
1. Turn on FAN mammlly, tenderize less expensive cuts of meat for cooking on
2. Immediately torn grill control knobs to OFF the grill.
position. • Certain foods, such as poultry and non-oily fish, may
3. Remove meat frmn grill, need some extra fat. Brush with oil or melted butter
occasionally while grilling.
• Use tongs with long handles or spatulas for turning
meats. Do not use forks as these pierce the meat,
allowing juices to be lost.
• To help retain meat juices, salt after turning meat or
after cooking is completed.
• Use the Energy-saver grill element for grilling small
amounts of food on half of the grill or for keeping
cooked foods warm or preparing food requiring
different control settings.
• Should grilled foods be prepared and ready before
you're ready to serve, turn control to a low setting and
cover meat with a single sheet of foil. Food will
continue to cook.
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