Taken the plunge and a quick Question

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Taken the plunge and a quick Question

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Hi all,
I have spent a lot of time reading through the forum and finally bought a proq frontier.
I am really looking forward to using it and would love to post pictures as good as what I see.
I do have a question though which I am unsure of (it may sound obvious to you, but not to me).

The instructions after building say that I should run it empty of food first to burn off any residue in it, and condition it.
Should this burn in involve a water pan filled with water or not?

Thanks for you advice in advance folks.
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Re: Taken the plunge and a quick Question

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I filled my water-pan when I did it, more out of ignorance than expertise, I figured they supplied it to be filled and it couldn't hurt. Don't know if it was right or not :oops:
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It really wont make too much difference - I would get on and use it. ;)
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Thanks Guys,
Gonna fire it up with empty pan in it.
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Light it with the water pan in it empty - you want to burn off all the manufacturing stuff from the water pan too!
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Just fired mine up dry the first time too.
Good choice, I got my frontier just before xmas and am loving it.
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Cheers Doc, appreciate it, same here, glad I took your advice and went for a frontier.
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Fired it up on Friday, and today I dropped in a chicken and a 2.5kg pork shoulder.

I am so glad I did, but with one issue. How did the neighbours know what was happening and turn up just when the pork was done!!!

On a serious note though, the advice here is really good, and the chicken and pork were lovely. I didn't expect it to turn out so good first time. I should have taken pictures, but I was too caught up with sitting watching my frontier.

Both sets of neighbours are really interested and one of them is talking about getting a smoker now...I directed him to read a lot of the posts here first.

Thanks.
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We have a great bunch of people on here lways willing to answer anything :)
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British BBQ Society wrote:We have a great bunch of people on here lways willing to answer anything :)

Other than 42 what IS the meaning of life....................(BBQ of course) :lol:
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