Weber Q Cookbook 2 - Heatworks

1 Australian Cookingwith the Weber Q or baby Q Weber Q Cookbook 26/08/2004 9:57 AM Page 1 Thank you for choosing one of the Weber Q barbecues. We know you willquickly begin to enjoy many memorable barbecued meals on your Weber Q . Tohelp you get started we ve included this Weber Q cooking guide. It includessome of our favourite recipes. To get the best results, you need to use the cor-rect heat settings as shown in the barbecuing and roasting instructions. In addi-tion to the recipes you ll find a barbecuing and roasting guide on the last fewpages. This provides an estimate of the cooking times for many of the dishesyou may like to you need advice or would like some help you can either call us on 1300 301290 or e-mail us at You ll find that the people inour company will go out of their way to try and help you would like more information about any of our barbecues or accessories,visit our website at you again, and happy Weber -Q-ing.

2 The shape of the Weber baby Q is a trademarkof Weber -Stephen Product Co. AustraliaThe shape of the Weber Q is a trademarkof Weber -Stephen Product Co. AustraliaWeber Q Cookbook 26/08/2004 9:57 AM Page 21 ContentsHow to get the best from your Weber Q and baby Q 2 Cooking on the Weber Q 2 Cooking on the Weber baby Q 3 Helpful hints for the Weber Q and baby Q 3 Meatballs on a Stick7 Glazed Racks of Lamb9 Fillet Steaks with Lemon-Parsley Butter11 Two-Step Pork Chops13 Prawn Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce15 Salmon with Thai Cucumber Relish17 Sunday Breakfast19 Roast Chicken19 Spanish Chicken Breasts Marinatedin Citrus and Tarragon21 Aussie Roast Lamb Greek-Style23 Apples Barbecued in Parchment Paper25 Barbecuing and Roasting Guide26 Weber Q and Weber baby Q Accessories29 Weber Q Cookbook 26/08/2004 9.

3 57 AM Page 32 How to get the best fromyour Weber Q and baby Q BarbecuingWhere a recipe in this cooking guiderequires you to 'barbecue', it is recom-mended that you turn the meat only once,halfway through you are barbecuing meat on thegrill or on the breakfast plate, it is impor-tant that you pre-heat the barbecuebefore cooking. The instructions for pre-heating the Weber Q and the Weber babyQ otherwise specified, where arecipe in this cooking guide requires youto 'roast', it is recommended that you usethe Weber roasting trivet accessory (largeroasting trivet for Weber Q and smallroasting trivet for Weber baby Q ).

4 Usingthis accessory allows air to convect allaround the roast for more even cooking. Italso minimises scorching on the base ofthe ensure the bottom of the roast is notscorched by the hot grill bars, a sheet offoil is folded to produce a 'heat-shield' ofdouble thickness. (Double thickness cre-ates an air gap between the two layers offoil which assists insulation.) This foil lieson the cooking grill directly below theroasting trivet (see picture next column).When you are roasting meat you must alsopre-heat the barbecue. The instructionsfor pre-heating the Weber Q and theWeber baby Q on the Weber Q Pre-heating and BarbecuingTo pre-heat your Weber Q , open the lid,unfold the work surfaces, andturn the burner control knobto START/HI (A).

5 Press the redignition button to light thebarbecue. Once alight, allowthe gas to run for 10 minuteswith the lid closed. Your Weber Q is nowpre-heated and ready for the burner setting on START/HIthroughout the barbecuing and RoastingTo pre-heat your Weber Q ,open the lid, unfold the worksurfaces, and turn the burnercontrol knob to START/HI (A).Press the red ignition buttonto light the barbecue. Oncealight, turn the gas down toLOW (B) and allow the gas torun for 10 minutes with the lidclosed. Your Weber Q is nowpre-heated and ready forSee how the foil is double-folded so that it is wideenough to cover that part of the cooking grill that formsthe roof over the Q Cookbook 26/08/2004 9:57 AM Page 43roasting.

6 Set the gas controlknob to a higher setting onceyou have placed your roastinside. The setting (C) hasproven to be a pretty goodguide. Remember, there is noneed to turn the meat when roasting, so trynot to open the lid unnecessarily. (See alsohelpful hints, right.)Cooking on the Weber baby Q Pre-heating and BarbecuingTo pre-heat your baby Q ,open the lid and turn the burn-er control knob to START/HI(A). Press the red ignition but-ton to light the alight, allow the gas to runfor 10 minutes with the lidclosed. Your baby Q is now pre-heated and ready for barbecu-ing. When you are ready to cookyour food, make sure that youturn the heat setting down (B).

7 Pre-heating and RoastingTo pre-heat your baby Q , open the lidand turn the burner controlknob to START/HI (A). Pressthe red ignition button to lightthe barbecue. Once alight,turn the gas down to LOW (B)and allow the gas to run for 10minutes with the lid baby Q is now pre-heat-ed and ready for roasting. Youcan now place your meatinside the baby Q . You willnot need to set the gas controlknob to a higher setting - leave the gas onLOW throughout the roasting , there is no need to turn themeat when roasting, so try not to open thelid unnecessarily.(See also helpful hints,below.)Helpful hints for the WeberQ and baby Q Always cook with the lid closedNo matter whether you are cooking aroast, a barbecue or breakfast on theplate, always cook with the lid Firstly, cooking with the lid closedcreates natural convection of the airinside the barbecue.

8 This results in moreeven cooking with more natural , you will achieve outstandingbarbecue flavour that you can t get bycooking with the lid open. This is pro-duced when flavour-giving barbecuesmoke is convected all around the , cooking times are greatly reduced(about half of what you might expect onan open barbecue), which means you canbarbecue the same amount of food in halfthe , it s far more convenient and eco-nomical. Because less gas is required tocook foods, you don t need to fill the gasbottle anywhere near as often (a 9kg gasbottle will last for over 40 hours of cook-ing).Use natural convection to get the best , these barbecues rely on natu-ral convection to cook food perfectly.

9 ToCABABW eber Q Cookbook 26/08/2004 9:57 AM Page 54assist convection, try not to cover morethan two thirds of the cooking grill at onetime. Whilst they will cook with the wholecooking surface covered, the results arefar better if you barbecue in two or threebatches when feeding a roasting, make sure the height ofyour food fits inside with the lid closed. Toallow the air to convect properly youshould use an accessory roasting trivetand make sure you have at least 25mmclearance between your food and the a guide, a number 13 or 14 chicken, asmall leg of lamb or a part of a fillet ofbeef are all often should youturn the meat?

10 Your Weber Q will produce the mostimpressive food when you let the convec-tion process do its work with minimuminterruption. For this reason, resist thetemptation to continually turn the time you turn the food you have toraise the lid, allowing the hot air toescape. When barbecuing meat, outstand-ing results are achieved if you use tongs toturn the meat (once only) half-waythrough the cooking time. Roasts, on theother hand, should never need thermometerWhen cooking larger cuts of meat orroasts it s nice to know when the meat iscooked properly. You can do this by insert-ing a meat thermometer into the centreof the meat.