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GENESIS PLATINUM–C
GENESIS PLATINUM–C
Gas Grill
Owners Guide
m DANGER
If you smell gas:
1. Shut off gas to the appliance.
Liquid Propane Gas
2. Extinguish any open flames.
3. Open lid
4. If odor continues, keep away from the
appliance and immediately call your gas
supplier or your fire department.
Leaking gas may cause a fire or explosion
which can cause serious bodily injury or
death, or damage to property.
m WARNING
1. Do not store spare liquid propane
cylinder within
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m DANGER Failure to follow the Dangers, Warnings and Cautions contained in this Owner’s Manual may result in serious bodily injury or death, or in a fire or an explosion causing damage to property. m WARNINGS m Do not store a spare or disconnected liquid propane cylinder under or near this barbecue. m Improper assembly may be dangerous. Please carefully follow the assembly instructions in this manual. m After a period of storage, and/or nonuse, the Weber Gas Barbecue should be checked for gas le
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Warranty Weber-Stephen Products Co. (Weber) hereby warrants There are no other express warrants except as set forth to the ORIGINAL PURCHASER of this Weber Gas Grill herein and any applicable implied warranties of mer- that it will be free of defects in material and workman- chantability and fitness are limited in duration to the ship from the date of purchase as follows: period of coverage of this express written Limited Warranty. Some regions do not allow limitation on how Aluminum Castings, l
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Contents Danger & Warnings ................................................................................................. A-2 Warranty .................................................................................................................. A-3 General Instructions ................................................................................................ A-5 Exploded View ......................................................................................................... A
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Storage General Instructions • The gas must be turned OFF at the LP cylinder Your Weber Gas Barbecue is a portable outdoor when the Weber Gas Barbecue is not in use. cooking appliance. With the Weber Gas Barbecue you • When the Weber Gas Barbecue is stored indoors, can grill, barbecue, roast and bake with results that are the gas supply must be disconnected and the LP difficult to duplicate with indoor kitchen appliances. The cylinder stored outdoors in a well-ventilated space. closed lid and Fl
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1 Genesis Platinum-C LP 2 3 33 4 5 34 6 7 8 9 35 10 36 11 37 38 12 39 13 14 40 41 42 15 43 44 16 17 45 18 46 19 47 20 39 48 21 49 22 50 51 23 52 24 53 25 26 54 21 55 27 56 28 29 57 58 59 30 31 60 32 A-6
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1. Hair Pin Cotter 33. Thermometer 2. Hinge Pin 34. Right Endcap 3. Left Endcap 35. Cooking Grate (Large) 4. Shroud 36. Burner Control Knobs 5. 1/4-20 x 1 1/4 inch Bolt 37. Control Panel 6. Handle lock 38. Igniter Button 7. Handle 39. Control Panel Hardware ™ 8. Warm-Up Basket 40. Side Burner 9. Warming Rack 41. Crossover Tube 10. Smoker Assembly 42. Front and Back Burners 11. Cooking Grate (Small) 43. Center Burner ® Bars 12. Flavorizer 44. Manifold Hardware 13. Cooking Box 45. Manifold Suppor
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© 1999 Weber-Stephen Products Co., Weber, the silhouette, and the kettle configuration are registered trademarks ® of Weber-Stephen Products Co., 200 East Daniels Road, Palatine, IL, 60067-6266, U.S.A. This product is covered by one or more United States patents and patents in other nations globally. Printed in the U.S.A. A-8
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Remove Packaging from Grill Remove Grill from Lower Packaging Remove all tape from packaging. Remove bottom rack from top of packaging. Remove outer box. Pull out m WARNING: Lifting the barbecue from the lower bottom tray from cooking box. Remove packaging packaging requires at least two people. material from bottom tray, catch pan holder, catch pan, With two people: lift straight up and over lower packag- and drip pan. ing and cardboard support. A-9
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You will need: 1/2 inch bolts (1/4 x 20 x 1/2 inch bolts) - 4 Phillips screwdriver 7/16 open-end or an adjustable wrench Nylon Washers - 4 Left Work Surface - 1 Flavorizer Bars - 5 Cooking Grates - 2 Side Burner - 1 Smoker Box - 1 Bottom Shelf - 1 LP Cylinder - 1 Slide Out Buttom Tray - 1 Catch pan holder - 1 Catch Pan - 1 Disposable Drip Pans - 2 A-10
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Assembly Instructions Install the slide out bottom tray Slide the bottom tray onto the mounting rails under the You will need: the slide out bottom tray(1), catch pan cooking box with finger grip toward you(1). holder(2), catch pan and one disposable drip pan. m WARNING: Do not line bottom tray with alumi- num foil. It can cause grease fires by trapping the grease and not allowing grease to flow into the catch pan. (1) (2) Hook the ends of the catch pan holder into the hole in the slide out bott
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Install Flavorizer® Bars and Cooking Grates Installing the Warm-Up™ Basket You will need: five Flavorizer Bars and two cooking You will need: Warm-Up Basket grates. Insert one end of the Weber Warm-Up Basket into the Place the Flavorizer Bars side by side in the cooking hole at the right side of the inside of the lid, and the box. other end into the slot at the left side of the lid. Set the cooking grates onto the ledges in the cooking box with the rounded sides up. Installing the warming rack Y
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Installing Work Surfaces, Side Burner & Gas Connection Guidelines Install Left Work Surface Check that the side burner valve is in the OFF position. You will need left work surface, two 1/2 inch bolts, two Push in and turn to OFF. nylon washers and a 7/16 inch or adjustable wrench. Insert the left work surface tabs in the slots in the frame(1). Slip washers on the bolts and insert the bolts as shown(2). Tighten (2) (1) Install Side Burner Assembly You will need side burner assembly (assembly in-
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Check that the side burner is properly assembled. Fill liquid propane cylinder Note - The liquid propane cylinder manufacturer is 1) Windshield responsible for the materials, workmanship and 2) Grate performance of the cylinder. If the cylinder has a 3) Burner cap defect, malfunctions, or you have a question regarding 4) Burner ring the cylinder, call the cylinder manufacturer’s customer 5) Lugs service center. The phone number is on the warning 6) Slots decal, which is permanently attached to t
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Hang filled liquid propane cylinder on fuel gauge Important LP Cylinder Information Loosen the tank lock wing nut. Swing the cylinder lock Failure to follow these DANGER statements exactly up. Tighten the wing nut so that the cylinder lock is up may result in a fire causing death or serious injury. and to the side. Hook the liquid propane cylinder onto mDANGER the fuel gauge. Loosen the tank lock wing nut. Swing mNEVER store a spare LP Cylinder under or near the tank lock down. Tighten the wing
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Connect filled liquid propane cylinder Connect side burner to manifold m WARNING: Make sure that the cylinder valve is m WARNING: Make sure gas supply is off. closed. Close by turning clockwise. Connect the side burner hose as follows: Remove plastic dust cover from the fuel cylinder valve. 1) Slide back the collar of the quick disconnect on the Screw the regulator coupling onto the tank valve(1), manifold. clockwise, or to the right. Hand tighten only. 2) Push the male fitting of the side burne
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Check for gas leaks Check for gas leaks mWARNING: Do not ignite burners while checking for leaks. mWARNING: The gas connections of your Weber Check for leaks by wetting the connections with the gas barbecue have been factory tested. We do soap and water solution and watching for bubbles. If however recommend that you leak check all gas bubbles form or if a bubble grows there is a leak. connections before operating your Weber gas Check: barbecue. 1) Hose to manifold connection. mWARNING: Perform
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Reinstall control panel (after checking for gas leaks) (1) Set the control panel in place over both sides of the frame. Hold the crossover ignition button up while setting the control panel in place. (2) Line up the control panel with the white plastic plugs in the frame brace. Insert screws and tighten with a Phillips screwdriver until snug. Do not overtighten. (3) Push each of the burner control knobs onto their valve. (4) Reinstall Side Burner cover. C-6
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Operating m WARNING: The burner control knobs must be in Lighting the OFF position before turning on the liquid Summary lighting instructions are on the control panel. propane cylinder tank valve. If they are not in the m DANGER OFF position, when you turn on the LP cylinder Failure to open the lid while igniting the valve, the “excess gas flow control” feature will barbecue’s burners, or not waiting 5 min- activate, limiting the flow of gas from the LP cylinder. If this should occur, turn OFF t
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3) Turn the cylinder on by turning the cylinder valve Manual Lighting counterclockwise. 4) Strike a match and put the flame into the m DANGER matchlight hole in the front of the cooking box. Failure to open the lid while igniting the m WARNING: Do not lean over open barbecue. barbecue’s burners, or not waiting 5 min- Keep your face and body at least one foot away utes to allow the gas to clear if the barbe- from the matchlight hole when lighting the barbe- cue does not light, may result in an ex
