New to Primo

 

If you're new to ceramic grills or a new Primo owner, a Primo Ceramic Grill is one of the most versatile outdoor cookers in the world. You can use it as a grill, an oven, a roaster, or a smoker with a simple adjustment to the air flow and cooking configuration. Here is an overview of our grills and the basics for using and enjoying our ceramic grills.

 

Grill Components

 

 

 

 

 

Cooking Configurations

Primo Ceramic Grills can be used as a grill,

an oven, a roaster, or a smoker.

 

 

 

 

Grilling & Searing

Use this configuration for grilling meat such

as steaks,chicken breasts, or any foods that

benefit from cooking directly over the charcoal fire.

 

 

 

 

Grilling & Roasting

Use direct and indirect cooking zones to grill meat on

the direct side, while roasting tender foods like seafood

and vegetables on the indirect side.

 

 

 

 

Baking, Roasting & Smoking

Use this configuration for indirect cooking such as an oven

or smoker. Cook at low to medium temperatures for baking

pizza or smoking meat. (Heat Deflectors/Racks required).

 

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting the Grill

Build a mound of natural lump charcoal. Use full fire box of charcoal for smoking and searing temperatures (Figure 1), or half a fire box of charcoal for two-zone cooking (Fig. 2).

 

• Light the charcoal with a fire starter cube or two, and you can also use chimney starter or electric starter. Leave the dome open.

• Wait 5-10 minutes for the charcoal to build a small bed of embers.

• Close the dome, then fully open the draft door (Figure 3) and fully open the top vent (Figure 4) by sliding the top disk all the way to the right.

 

Tip: Charcoal can be relit 2-3 times for multiple cookings. Use the ash tool to stir the used charcoal, so the ashes will drop through the fire grate. Add 30% new charcoal to the existing charcoal and build a new mound. This works well for roasting and grilling temperatures.

Tip: You can't have too much charcoal, but you can have too little.

Advisory: NEVER use lighter fluid or any other combustible liquid to light the charcoal. It will be absorbed by the ceramics and impart a "fuel" taste to food.

 

Controlling the Temperature (Grilling)

• Close the dome and fully open the top vent.

• When you are 25°F (14°C) from your target temperature, close the top vent down to one-third open.

• Wait 1-2 minutes for the temperature to stabilize. Increase or decrease the air flow of the top vent as needed. A 1/4” (6mm) move can change the temperature by as much as 25°F (14°C).

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Low Temperature Cooking (Smoking)

• For "low and slow" temperatures like 225°F (107°C), start with a very small fire in one area of the charcoal.

• Close the dome after 5 minutes with the draft door and top vent fully open. Allow the temperature to come up slowly until it reaches 200°F (93°C), set the draft door to 1” (25mm) open (Fig. 5) and the top vent to 1/2” (13mm) open with the daisy wheel holes fully open. Adjust the top vent as needed to maintain the target temperature.

Tip: Allow the temperature to rise slowly up to your target temperature. It is easy to raise the temperature, but very difficult to lower it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warranty

 

Creative Ceramic Technologies, Inc. (CCT) warrants to the original purchaser of this Primo Ceramic Grill that it is free of defects in material and workmanship at the date of purchase for the following periods:

 

 

• Limited Lifetime Warranty Backed by a Twenty (20) year guarantee on all ceramic parts.

• Five (5) years on all metal parts (excluding cast-iron parts).

• One (1) year on all cast-iron parts.

• Thirty (30) days on thermometers and felt gaskets.

 

 

This warranty shall be limited to the repair or replacement of any part (s) which, under normal use, Primo determines, after reasonable examination, to be defective. In order to invoke this Warranty, Purchaser has two options for submitting a warranty claim:

 

 

Online

 

Purchaser shall fully complete the Warranty Claim Form including a photo attachment clearly showing the defective part on the Primo website (www.PrimoGrill.com).

 

Primo shall replace parts found defective as provided above with equivalent parts and shall ship such parts at the Purchaser‘s expense to the Purchaser‘s designated shipping address. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL NOT COVER THE FOLLOWING: Any damage, failure, or operating difficulties caused by accident, abuse, misuse, alteration, misapplication, vandalism, improper installation or improper maintenance; cracks or chips in the exterior glazing after delivery to an authorized Primo dealer or distributor; damage or failure caused by tampering with or altering the original Primo design, except when directed or authorized by CCT; damage or failure caused by Purchaser‘s failure to follow federal, national, state, city or county building and fire codes.

 

 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PROVIDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, THIS LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

• WARRANTY TO ANYONE OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER;

• WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE;

• ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENCIAL DAMAGES, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH EXCLUSION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY LAWS OF THE STATE OR THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER’S RESIDENCE.

• PRIMO PRODUCTS PURCHASED FROM UNAUTHORIZED RESELLERS SUCH AS EBAY, CRAIGSLIST OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED RESELLER OR THIRD PARTY.