17Tips and tricks▯ Always preheat the grill. In this way, the intensive heatradiation will seal the sur face of the grilled food andjuice cannot leak.▯ To avoid drying out of the sur face and to improve thetaste, lightly brush grilled food with heat-- resistant oil(e.g. peanut oil). Make sure you do not use too much oilas otherwise the oil may flare up or smoke heavily.▯ Always grill meat unsalted. Otherwise, meat juice andsoluble nutrients might leak and be lost.▯ Place the food directly on the cast grill. Do not usealuminium foil or grilling trays.▯ Turn grilled pieces over as soon as they can be removedeasily from the grill. If meat sticks to the grill, the fibresare destroyed and juice leaks out.▯ Do not pierce the meat while grilling it. It may lose itsjuice.▯ Avoid pickled foods such as boiled ham and smokedpork etc. otherwise a substance may be produced that isharmful to health.▯ Notch cutlets several times on the bone and in the fatlayer so they do not curve during grilling.▯ Do not remove the fatty layer (e.g. on a cutlet) until aftergrilling as otherwise the meat will lose juice and aroma.▯ Poultry will become crispy brown if you coat it withbutter, salty water or orange juice towards the end of thegrilling time.▯ Season fruit to taste after grilling with honey, maplesyrup or lemon juice.▯ You can precook vegetables with a long cooking time(for example corn on the cob).▯ Place fish fillet on the grill with the skin down. Coat theskin with oil in order to avoid it sticking to the grill.▯ Serve grilled food hot. Grilled food will become tough ifyou keep it warm.Care and cleaningIn this chapter you will find tips on how to maintain and cleanyour appliance correctly.: Risk of burns!The appliance becomes hot during operation. Allow theappliance to cool down before cleaning.: Risk of electric shock!Do not use high pressure washers or steam cleaners toclean the appliance.Cleaning the applianceClean the appliance after every use once it has cooleddown. This avoids residues burning in. Burnt in residues maybe difficult to remove.Do not scrape away burnt in residues, leave them to soakwith soapy water.Take off the cast grill and tilt up the heating elements.Remove the lava stone trough with the lava stones.Part/surface Recommended cleaning methodCast grill Remove coarse soiling with thecleaning brush. Soak the cast grillin the sink. Clean with the cleaningbrush and washing-up liquid and drythoroughly.Cover stubborn soiling with ourgrillcleaning-gel while the applianceis cold (order number 463582) andleave for at least 2 hours, if necessaryovernight. Carefully rinse afterwardswith a moist cloth and dry. Observe theinstructions on the packaging.Do not clean in a dishwasher!Stainless steeltroughClean with a soft, moist cloth andsome soapy water; dry with a soft cloth.Leave stubborn soiling to soak.Use our stainless steel cleaner forstubborn soiling (order number464524) or our grill-cleaning-gel (ordernumber 463582).After cleaning, apply our stainless steelcare product (order number 461555).Lava stone trough Take out the lava stones. Clean thelava stone trough in the sink with soapywater and a soft brush; dry with a softcloth. Leave stubborn soiling to soak orremove with our our grill-cleaning-gel(order number 463582).