ICON 400 SERIES KAMADO Owner's Manual

Owner’s Manual

Owner’s Manual

Your new Icon Kamado is the complete outdoor cooking 

appliance that allows you to sear, grill, bake and smoke all types 

of food. For best results, we recommend using natural lump 

charcoal made from hardwoods. Compared to briquettes, 

natural charcoals start faster, burn cleaner and longer, reach 

higher temperatures and produce less ash. Leftover natural 

charcoal also relights for re-use. Before restarting the grill, knock 

off excess ash from remaining charcoal. Routinely empty ash, 

but only do so when grill is cool. 

Starting your Icon Kamado Grill is simple and fast: Open top and 

bottom vents wide open, fill the inner fire bowl with enough 

charcoal to cover the air holes, then light the charcoal using an 

electric starter or approved grill starters. After several coals are 

burning, spread evenly, adjust top and bottom vents, and wait 

for the Kamado to reach your desired cooking temperature. 

As needed, add more charcoal by using the flip grate feature, 

being careful not to burn yourself with the hot food or cooking 

grate. 

Welcome to Kamado cooking!  Our Icon Kamado is based on 3,000+ 

years of clay pot cooking from around the world. Over generations 

our ancestors have continued to refine Kamado techniques for 

grilling, smoking, baking and cooking all types of food, including 

meats, poultry, fish and vegetables. Kamado cooking locks in moisture 

and provides a variety of ways to infuse different tastes into your 

foods, turning weekend grillers into neighborhood chefs.

Our Icon Kamado builds on this heritage with fresh aesthetics, safety 

and convenience features, a user-friendly easy-lift lid with spring 

assist and high-quality materials to define a new industry standard 

for design and innovation. The thick ceramic construction of our grill 

provides superior thermal insulation allowing you to grill, cook, bake 

or smoke regardless of the season - from the hot summer days in our 

home town of St. Louis to the cold snowy days in Bangor, Maine.

In this manual we provide the basics to get you cooking and invite you to our website, www.icongrills.com, 

where we share recipes, detailed Use & Care information and contact information if you need more help. 

From our entire team here at Icon Grills, thanks for your purchase. Here’s to becoming the destination eatery in 

your neighborhood!  

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