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Thank you for purchasing our Jim Bowie Choice Non-WiFi pellet grill. Here are a few tips to get you started.

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Before you set up your grill, make sure to keep the entire grill a minimum of 24 inches from all combustibles.

Reference your owner’s manual for all safety information.

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Manual 2018

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MANUAL

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Step-by-step

QUICK START GUIDE

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RECIPES

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Easy step-by-step

GRILL INSTRUCTION

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Priming

THE FIREBOX

Prime Firebox

Prime the firebox with the small bag of pellets and make sure to fill up the hopper with pellets.

heat shield

Proper installation of

HEAT SHIELD

Head Shield

Jim Bowie

Approximately 9.25″ from inside left wall of grill

grease tray

How to Install

GREASE TRAY

Tray Install

VERY IMPORTANT:

Install the grease tray with the hole to the left and the half-moon crescent to the right. This ensures proper travel of grease into your grease trough. For easy clean up, feel free to wrap the grease tray in tin foil. MAKE SURE not to cover up the circle on the left side near the thermal sensor.

chimney cap

Installing

CHIMNEY CAP

Chimney

ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE CHIMNEY CAP IS OPEN.

Your grill needs to draft. Always make sure there is at least a two-finger or 1.5-inch opening.

airflow

Close doors & lids for

PROPER AIRFLOW

Air Flow Choice

IMPORTANT

ALWAYS close all lids and doors including pellet dump and hopper lid before starting the grill.

startup

Recommended steps for

FIRST STARTUP

This procedure is a way to ensure the auger feeds pellets and primes the firebox. ONLY perform these steps on the very first startup or to fill the auger and recharge the firebox if the grills runs out of pellets during a cook.

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Important steps for

INITIAL BURN

Burn-in the grill at 350°F for 30 minutes to remove any residue from the manufacturing process.

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caution iconALWAYS allow your grill reach 150°F before adjusting the temperature.
odd sounds

The grill will make

ODD SOUNDS

HopperFan

Huffing noises are normal.

The combustion fan, inside the hopper, will turn off and on regularly to provide the correct amount of oxygen to the fire to maintain the set temperature.

power down

How to correctly

POWER DOWN

Press and hold the down arrow button until it reads 150°F. Press it one more time and this will put the grill into fan mode and the display should read “Fan”. If grilling at high temps, let it cool for a moment before going to fan mode. Fan mode is important as it not only cools down the grill properly but also blows ash out of the firebox for your next cook. Allow the grill to cool down for at least 15 mins. before switching it off.

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After first use steps for

STANDARD STARTUP

IMPORTANT: If this is your first startup, please see the FIRST STARTUP section on the previous page.

Plug in the grill. Flip the power switch on and the display should read off. Press the green up arrow to turn the unit on. The unit will go through it’s 0-1-2-3 process and will heat up to 150°F. ALWAYS allow the grill to reach 150°F before adjusting to your desired temperature.

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grill cleaning

Recommended regular

GRILL CLEANING

ABOUT EVERY 2-3 BAGS

ABOUT
EVERY
2-3 BAGS
80-100LBS

ALWAYS ENSURE THAT THE GRILL IS COLD AND THE FIRE IS OUT BEFORE CLEANING.

Keep the inside of the grill clean using a Shop-Vac. This will take only a few minutes. Remove the interior parts and vacuum any ash and residue out of the base of the grill and the firebox. WAIT AT LEAST ONE HOUR AFTER TURNING OFF THE GRILL BEFORE USING THE ASHVAC.

air temparature

Understanding your grill’s

AIR TEMPERATURE

The PT100 Platinum Sensor sends data to the computer. This “brain” analyzes the data and adjusts the airflow and pellet fuel flow to maintain the set temperature. Many things affect the data gathered by the sensor–opening the lid, wind, grease splatter, humidity, altitude, and gravity (if the grill is not on level ground).

The computer analyzes all the erratic information and averages it over time. Then, it displays the best result as the most accurate representation of the grill’s current temperature. This is why an instantaneous air temperature reading from a third-party product does not provide much useful information.

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