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®
GENESIS 5000 Series
Natural Gas Barbecue
Owner’s Manual
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WARNING: Follow all leak check
WARNING: Do not try to light this
procedures carefully in this manual prior
appliance without reading "Lighting"
to barbecue operation. Do this even if
instructions section of this manual.
barbecue was dealer assembled.
THIS GAS APPLIANCE IS DESIGNED FOR
OUTDOOR USE ONLY.
NOTICE TO INSTALLER: These
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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. WARNINGS Do not store a spare or disconnected LP tank under or near this barbecue. Improper assembly may be dangerous. Please carefully follow the assembly instructions in this manual. After a period of storage, and/or nonuse, the Weber Gas Barbecue should be checked for gas leaks and bur
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WARRANTY Weber-Stephen Products Co. (Weber) hereby There are no other express warrants except as warrants to the ORIGINAL PURCHASER of set forth herein and any applicable implied this Weber Gas Barbecue that it will be free of warranties of merchantability and fitness are defects in material and workmanship from the limited in duration to the period of coverage of date of purchase as follows: this express written Limited Warranty. Some states do not allow limitation on how long an Aluminum Casti
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PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS © 1996 Weber. Weber, , Genesis, Flavorizer and Crossover are registered U.S. trademarks; Perma-Mount, Gas Catcher, FlameCheck, Steam-N-Chips, Spider Stopper, and Warm-Up are U.S. trademarks of Weber-Stephen Products Co., 200 East Daniels Road, Palatine, IL 60067-6266. U.S.A. Genesis Gas Barbecues are covered under the following patent nos.: U.S.A. #4,677,964; 4,727,853; #4,777,927; #4,829,978; #4,860,724; #4,941,817; #4,966,125; #5,070,776; #D293,067; #D316,355; Canada:
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Contents WARNINGS................................................................. 2 Warranty & Patents .................................................. 3-4 General Instructions .................................................... 6 Assembly................................................................ 7-27 Operating Instructions Lighting ........................................................ 28-29 Cooking............................................................. 30 Storage and/or Nonus
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General Instructions Storage Your Weber Gas Barbecue is a portable outdoor cooking appliance. With the Weber Gas Barbecue you The gas must be turned OFF at the natural gas can grill, barbecue, roast and bake with results that are supply when the Weber Gas Barbecue is not in use. difficult to duplicate with indoor kitchen appliances. The closed lid and Flavorizer Bars produce that "outdoor" When the Weber Gas Barbecue is stored flavor in the food. indoors, the gas supply must be disconnect
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® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Step 1 Assembly Check package contents Tools needed Screwdrivers, regular Cooking box (assembly) and Phillips Hammer Lid 7/16, 5/8, 11/16 and 3/4 inch open-end or (assembly) two adjustable wrenches Pliers Hose Block of wood Supplies needed Bottom tray You will need a soap and water solution to check for gas leaks. (See Step "Check for gas leaks.") Note - The hardware size of nuts, bolts and screws is given. For example "1/4-20 x 2 inch bolt" means a bolt 1/4 inch in diameter wit
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R R E E B B E E W W Work table Left frame Wheel frame Two swing tables Brace panel Left end panel (#1) 1 Panels and doors are Five long Flavorizer Bars identified with removable stickers. Please leave on during assembly. Two wheels 2 Three back panels (#2) Frame connector Frame connector with bushings 3 Right end panel (#3) Axle Steam-N-Chips Smoker body Left hand glass door assembly (LH) LH Steam-N-Chips Smoker flue Two right hand glass door assemblies (RH) RH Steam-N-Chips Smoker water p
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Right frame Left hand slide bar assembly Assembly consists of: Caster frame Left hand slide bar Support rod Warming rack Slide Cooking grate Right hand slide bar assembly Narrow cooking grate Assembly consists of: Seven short Flavorizer Bars Right hand slide bar Catch pan holder Support rod Catch pan Slide Two drip pans Side burner assembly Thermometer Burner grate Side burner knob Two side burner locks 9
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Check contents of hardware packs Five 1/4-20 x 2 inch bolts Four 10-24 x 1 3/4 inch machine screws (actual size) (actual size) 1/4-20 x 1 1/2 inch bolt Twenty two 1/4 inch nylon washers (actual size) (actual size) Four 10-24 hex nuts Seven 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolts (actual size) (actual size) 1/4-20 wing nut Three burner control knobs (actual size) 1/4-20 keps nut FlameCheck button 1/4-20 hex nut (actual size) Three tool holders Two hair pin cotters Four tubing plugs (two are spares) Two swing
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R E B E W Step 2 Step 3 Assemble wheels Assemble frame You will need: axle, two wheel hubcaps, two wheels, You will need: left frame, right frame, two nylon wheel frame, hammer and a block of wood. washers, two 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolts and a 7/16 inch wrench. Place one end of the axle on the block of wood (or other protected surface). Tap on one hubcap. Note - Work on carpeted area (on grass, or on one of the boxes) to protect the finish during frame assembly. Put one wheel on the axle, WEBER s
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Step 4 Step 5 Continue frame assembly Complete frame assembly You will need: partial frame assembly, one frame You will need: frame assembly, wheel frame assembly, connector with bushings, one frame connector without front panel, caster frame, four 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolts, bushings, four 1/4-20 x 2 inch bolts, four nylon washers four nylon washers and a 7/16 inch wrench. and a 7/16 inch wrench. Place the caster frame onto the tabs of the left frame Hold the frame connector, bushing side down,
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Step 6 Step 8 Insert casters Install left end panel You will need: frame assembly and two casters. You will need: frame assembly and left end panel. Push the casters firmly into the caster inserts in the (Number 1) ends of the caster legs. Figure 5. Place the bottom of the left end panel on the caster frame lower cross piece. Set the end panel upright in place. Figure 7. Figure 5 Figure 7 Step 7 Check the frame assembly To avoid having to disassemble your barbecue in a later step, check the p
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Step 9 Step 10 Install the three back panels Install side burner locks You will need: frame assembly and the three back You will need: frame assembly, 2 side burner locks and a panels. (Number 2) 7/16 inch wrench. Loosen the right rear 1/4 x 20 bolt. Install the side Place the bottom of one back panel on the back frame burner lock. The “U” shape cut out of the lock slips down connector, notches to the top. Set in place to the far left, over the bolt. Tighten with a wrench. Figure 10 (a). butti
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Your Weber Gas Barbecue burner assembly has been Step 11 factory assembled, pressure and flame tested. As a Add cooking box safety precaution we recommend you check the burner alignment: You will need: frame assembly, cooking box assembly, 1/4-20 x 2 inch bolt, nylon washer, 1/4-20 keps nut, pliers a) Do the valves fit into the ends of the burners? Figure and a 7/16 inch wrench. 13 (a). Set the cooking box into the frame so the burner tubes b) Are the ends of the burners under the washers at a
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Step 12 Typical natural gas supply installation. Figure 14. Install gas supply Gas supply Inside wall General Specifications for Piping Note - Contact your local municipality for building Outside wall codes regulating outdoor gas barbecue installations. In absence of Local Codes, you must Shut off conform to the latest edition of ANSI Z223.1. WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS INSTALLATION BE DONE To barbecue BY A PROFESSIONAL. Locking Quick disconnect shut off Some of the following are general requirements
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Step 13 Step 15 Check that all burner valves are off Install side burner You will need: one burner control knob. You will need: side burner assembly, burner grate, 3/4 inch, 5/8 inch and an 11/16 inch or two adjustable (Valves are shipped in the OFF position, but you should wrenches. check to be sure.) Put the knob on each valve. Check by pushing down and turning clockwise. If they do not turn CAUTION: No sealant is required on the side they are off, prodeed to the next step. Figure 15. burne
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Step 16 Step 18 Install manifold bracket Install right end panel You will need: manifold bracket You will need: right end panel (Number 3), 1/4-20 x 1 1/2 inch bolt, 1/4-20 hex nut, two nylon washers, 1/4-20 x 1/2 Hook the bracket onto the manifold at the center burner inch bolt, 1/4-20 wing nut and a 7/16 inch wrench. valve. Figure 19. Place your hand underneath the bracket. Lift the bracket, manifold and cooking box Set the right end panel over the brace panel. Make sure slightly as a unit a
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Step 19 Step 20 Install bottom accessory trays Install igniter You will need: two accessory trays Note - The igniter wires are already attached to the Gas Catcher Ignition Chamber and the igniter. This was Set the two accessory trays between the two frame done to factory test the ignition system. connectors. Figure 23. The igniter lock nut is on the igniter. Insert the top of the igniter up through the large part of the keyhole in the frame brace. Loosen the igniter lock nut and slide the igni
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Insert one end of the hinge rod into the hole in the Step 21 frame. Figure 26 (a). Install left hand swing table Insert the other end into the hole in the swing table end You will need: swing table end bracket, two 10-24 hex bracket. Figure 26 (b). Hold the end bracket at an angle so nuts, two 10-24 x 1 3/4 inch machine screws, left hand the lower tab is inside the frame tube. Push the bracket into slide bar assembly, swing table, four nylon washers, the frame. Check to see that the lower tab o
