weber Q2800N Premium BBQ User Guide
- June 13, 2024
- Weber
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weber Q2800N Premium BBQ
Product Information
The Weber QTM (Q2800N+) is a high-quality barbecue designed for grilling, searing, roasting, baking, and low and slow cooking. With its powerful burners and innovative design, it helps create flavorful meals with that famous Weber taste.
Temperature Ranges
The temperature ranges provided are a guide to help you achieve the desired
cooking temperature. The settings indicated should easily allow you to reach
the temperature within the range.
Pre-heating
Before using the barbecue, it is important to pre-heat it with the lid
down. Pre-heat times and settings can be found in the provided tables.
Lid Down Cooking
Weber barbecues are specifically designed to be used with the lid down.
This helps create and impart that famous Weber flavor into your food. However,
the latest Weber Q range is powerful enough to accommodate lid up cooking for
direct and hotplate cooking.
Icon Legend
- Q Burner (START – HIGH): Indicates the burner is on and set to high heat.
- Q Burner (LOW): Indicates the burner is on and set to low heat.
- Q Burner cook setting: Indicates the recommended cook setting for the Q Burner.
- + Burner (ON): Indicates the + Burner is on.
- Pre-heat duration: Indicates the duration required for pre-heating.
- Convection tray Roasting trivet: Accessories required for indirect cooking method.
- Q ware frying pan: Accessory required for direct cooking method.
- Q ware casserole dish: Accessory required for direct cooking method.
- Pizza stone: Accessory required for indirect cooking method.
- Half hotplate: Accessory required for direct cooking method.
- Full hotplate: Accessory required for direct cooking method.
- Small foil tray: Accessory required for indirect cooking method.
- Rotisserie: Accessory required for indirect cooking method.
Product Usage Instructions
Direct Cooking
The direct cooking method is used for grilling or searing food directly
above a heat source on the cooking grill. You can also use a solid hotplate,
frypan, or casserole dish as accessories for slight variations in the standard
direct cooking method.
Cooking Method and Temperature Range| Preheat| Accessories Required| Cook
Setting
---|---|---|---
SEAR| Direct Medium – High Heat| Frying Pan or Casserole Dish| Q Burner cook
setting
GRILL| Direct Medium Heat| Frying Pan or Casserole Dish| Q Burner cook setting
FRY OR SAUTE| Direct Medium – Low Heat| Frying Pan or Casserole Dish| Q Burner
cook setting
CASSEROLE DISH OR FRYING PAN| Direct Medium – High| Full or Half Hotplate| Q
Burner cook setting
Direct Medium Heat| Full or Half Hotplate| Q Burner cook setting
CASSEROLE DISH OR FRYING PAN| Direct Medium – Low Heat| Full or Half Hotplate|
Q Burner cook setting
Note: The lid thermometer will not read accurately when using the hotplate accessory.
Indirect Cooking
The indirect cooking method is used for roasting, baking, and low and slow cooking. It involves cooking food away from direct heat sources, using a convection tray and trivet to shield and elevate the food. This allows hot air to circulate around the food, ensuring even cooking.
Cooking Method and Temperature Range| Preheat| Accessories Required| Cook
Setting
---|---|---|---
ROAST, BAKE, PIZZA| Indirect Medium Heat| Pizza Stone, Convection Tray,
Trivet| Q Burner cook setting
ROTISSERIE| Indirect Medium Heat| Rotisserie, Convection Tray, Trivet| Q
Burner cook setting
SIMMER, BRAISE, LOW N SLOW| Indirect Medium – Low Heat| Casserole Dish,
Convection Tray, Trivet| Q Burner cook setting
Note: A 25-minute pre-heat is required for pork crackling.
If you are looking for recipe inspiration, tips, tricks, or advice on how to use and maintain your Weber barbecue or accessory, you can find more information online at www.weber.com or follow Weber on your favorite social media platforms: @weberBBQAusNz.
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
We want you to be enjoying your first meal on your new Weber Q as soon as
possible! We’ve created this quick guide to provide you with the pre-heat and
cook settings required for a range of different cooking styles. All our
recipes for the Weber Q reference the cooking method (direct or indirect) and
the heat range – this corresponds to the settings you’ll find in the tables on
the following pages. It also references accessories you’ll need to set up your
barbecue for certain cooking methods – helpful videos are also available on
the website.
Be sure to read over the information below, and understand the legend for the
icons, and you’ll be making flavourful memories in no time!
Temperature ranges:
The temperature ranges are provided as a guide only. You should easily achieve
a temperature within the range by using the settings indicated.
Lighting the + burner: The + burner can only be lit once the Q burner is lit – it cannot be lit independently of the Q burner.
Pre-heating:
Whether you’re using the direct or indirect method, it’s important to preheat
your barbecue before use, with the lid down. Refer to the tables for pre-heat
times and settings.
Lid down cooking:
For the past 70 years, Weber barbecues have been specifically designed to be
used with the lid down. This helps to create and impart that famous Weber
flavour in to your food. For those who prefer to keep an eye on their food,
the latest Weber Q range is powerful enough to accommodate lid up cooking for
direct and hotplate cooking – see below.
- Roasting, baking, low and slow (indirect cooking): You should always cook with the lid down.
- Grilling and searing (direct cooking): We recommend cooking with the lid down as it delivers better flavour, more even heat and faster and more gas-efficient cooking. If it’s your preference, the Weber Q has enough heat output to cook with the lid open too, but you’ll miss out on some of the smoky barbecue flavour and your food will take a little longer to cook.
- Hotplate cooking: When using the full hotplate accessory, great results can be achieved with either the lid down or open. You’ll find that food cooks a little more quickly with the lid down.
Factors that may impact pre-heat times, cook settings or times:
This guide provides suggested settings for a range of different cooking
methods and outcomes. These have been tested in an outdoor, sheltered
environment in an ambient temperature of around 20°C. As you get to know your
barbecue, you may need to adjust your pre-heat or cooking time, or your
barbecue settings, to deliver best results for the conditions you’re cooking
in – or just to suit your personal taste!
Direct Cooking
The direct method is used for grilling or searing food on your barbecue. Food
is cooked directly above a heat source and directly on the cooking grill.
A slight variation on the standard direct cooking method involves the use of a
solid hotplate or accessory, such as a frypan or casserole dish.
Note: The lid thermometer will not read accurately when using the hotplate accessory
Indirect Cooking
The indirect cooking method is used for roasting, baking and low and slow cooking. Food is not cooked directly over a heat source or directly on the cooking grill. In the case of your Weber Q barbecue, you’ll need a convection tray and trivet, that shields and elevates your food off the grill and creates room for the hot air to circulate all around your food.
Note: 25 minute pre-heat required for pork crackling
Looking for recipe inspiration, tips, tricks, or advice on how to use and maintain your Weber barbecue or accessory? Find us online at www.weber.com or follow us on your favourite social media platforms today!
@weberBBQAusNz