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Hondo Jr. Smoker
Product Guide
Model 10201598
Tools needed for assembly:
Phillips Screwdriver
Flat Head Screwdriver
Two adjustable wrenches
Hammer
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Estimated Assembly Time: 1 Hour
FOR OUTDOOR USE ONLY
CAUTION: WARNING:
Read and follow all safety statements, assembly instructions,
Failure to follow all manufacturer’s instructions could
and use and care directions before attempting to assemble
result in seriou
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TABLE OF CONTENTS WARNING Product Record Information ............................1 FAILURE TO READ AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FOR Safety Symbols......................................2 LIGHTING CHARCOAL MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY AND OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. Preparing to use your Grill .............................3 Smoker Maintenance .................................3 WARNING Cooking Tips ......................................4-5 • Most surfaces on this unit are hot when in use. Use extreme
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Preparing and Using Your Hondo Jr. Smoker Before cooking with your Hondo Jr. Smoker, the following steps should be closely followed to both cure the finish and season the interior steel. Failure to properly follow these steps may damage the finish and/or impart metallic flavors to your first foods. 1. Brush all interior surfaces including grills and grates with vegetable cooking oil. 2. Build a small fire on the fire grate, being sure not to lay coals against the walls. 3. Close door. (Posit
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COOKING TIPS Building Your Fire 1.) Stack charcoal briquettes or wood into a pyramid-shaped pile on top of the charcoal grate or ash pan. We recommend using 2 pounds (approximately 20 briquettes) to start your fire. 2.) If using lighter fluid, saturate the charcoal briquettes with lighter fluid and let it soak in for approximately 5 minutes. If using a chimney starter, electric starter, or other type of fire starter, light your fire according to the manufacturer's instructions. 3.) After allo
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GRILL MAINTENANCE Frequency of cleanup is determined by how much your smoker is used. Make sure coals are completely extinguished before cleaning inside of smoker. Inside surfaces may be cleaned with a strong solution of detergent and water applied with a scrub brush. Thoroughly rinse with water and allow to air dry before using again. If a bristle brush is used to clean any of the grill cooking surfaces, ensure no loose bristles remain on cooking surfaces prior to grilling. It is not rec
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LIMITED WARRANTY This warranty only applies to units purchased from an authorized retailer. Manufacturer warrants to the original consumer-purchaser only that this product shall be free from defects in workmanship and materials after correct assembly and under normal and reasonable home use for the periods indicated below beginning on the date of purchase*. The manufacturer reserves the right to require that defective parts be returned, postage and or freight pre-paid by the consumer for re
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PARTS LIST Key Qty Description Key Qty Description 1 1 Smoker Chamber Lid Assembly 17 1 Firebox Cook Grate 2 1 Temperature Gauge with Wingnut 18 2 Wheel 3 1 Smoke Stack Assembly 19 1 Firebox Bottom 4 1 Logo Plate Kit 20 2 Leg Support Tube 5 2 Handle Assembly 21 2 Leg With End Cap 6 2 Hinge Kit 22 2 Leg For Wheel 7 2 Smoker Chamber Cook Grate 23 2 Leg Brace 8 1 Grease Cup Clip 24 1 Firebox Door 9 3 Smoker Chamber Fire Grate 25 2 Hinge for Firebox Door 10 1 Axle 26 1 Damper Door 11 1 Side Shelf As
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ASSEMBLY FIRST, GET A HELPER! This unit is heavy and requires a second person for lifting and moving. NEXT, pick a suitable location to work. Open the carton and slit the corners so that the carton lays flat. This will give you a protective surface 1 1 during assembly. • Attach leg supports to smoker chamber using two 1/4-20 X 1-3/4” screws and two 1/4-20 Flange Nut 1/4-20 flange nuts on each side. Finger tighten screws and nuts until after next step. Smoker Chamber Leg Supports 1/4-20 X 1-
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3 Hitch Pin Hitch Pin • Slide axle into holes at ends of legs (legs without end caps). Wheel Axle Wheel • Attach wheels onto axle rod using hitch pins. Hitch pins insert through hole in axle as shown in box A. Check to be sure that all screws and nuts used so far are fully tightened. Legs with holes Hitch Pin Axle Figure B 4 • Pre-assemble the Firebox Lid and the Firebox Bottom using eight #6-32 X 3/8 Screws as shown in figure A. • Place the firebox onto the smoker chamber and align the
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Hinge Pin • Place unit in upright position. • Attach small hinge half to smoker chamber using two #10-24 5 X 1/2” screws and two #10-24 flange nuts for each hinge half. Install screws from inside the smoker chamber. • Attach large hinge half to smoker chamber lid using two #10- 24 X 1/2” screws and two #10-24 flange nuts for each hinge half. Install screws from inside the smoker chamber lid. • Insert top hinge in between bottom hinge and secure using one hinge pin and one hitch pin for each
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7 • Insert two #10-24 X 3-1/2” screws into handle and place spacers and fiber washer onto screws on other side of handle. • Place the handle assembly into the holes on the front of the Screw smoker chamber door and secure with two wo #10-24 #10-24 flange nuts. flange nuts. Handle Tighten flange nuts until bolt head is flush with handle. sh with handle. Spacer • Repeat on firebox door. Fiber • Assemble spring handle by sliding spring through handle rod g through handle rod Washer until spri
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9 • Attach shelf support to side of smoker chamber with one #10-24 X 1/2” machine screw where screw is going through inside of chamber through hole of support and secured with one #10-24 flange nut. Holding • Lay side shelf on top of other end of shelf support so Bracket that it fits inside holding bracket. • Secure side shelf to smoker chamber using two #10-24 X 1/2”screws and two #10-24 flanged nuts. Fully tighten all screws and nuts. Screw Shelf through inside Nut Support Smoker Chamber
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Smoker Chamber 11 Cook Grates • Place two Smoker Chamber Cooking Grates into the smoker chamber. • Place the Firebox Cook Grate into the Firebox. Firebox Cook Grate Smoker Chamber Firebox 12 • Hang the grease clip under the smoker chamber on right side. • An empty soup can is recommended to hang from grease clip. The assembly is completed. Page 13
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HARDWARE LIST You may have spare hardware after assembly is complete. Hardware not shown actual size. Hair Pin Clip Logo 1/4-20 Fiber Washer #10-24 Hinge Pin Qty. 4 Flange Nut Clip Qty. 2 Qty. 4 Flange Nut Qty. 14 Qty. 2 Qty. 25 #10-24 X 3-1/2” #10-24 X 3-1/2” 1/4-20 X 1-3/4” #10-24 x 1/2” #6-32 X 3/8” #6-32 X 3/8” Handle Handle Machine Machine Screw Machine Screw Machine Screw Machine Screw Machine Screw Spacer Spacer Screw Qty Qty.. 4 4 Qty Qty.. 8 8 Qty Qty.. 4 4 Qty. 12 Qty. 21 Page
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