Paint bubbling inside of ECB

[wmarkw]

Well I noticed after my smoke last weekend that some paint had bubbled and flaked off the shell on the inside of my ECB. Looking closer at it I started to pick at it (during the clean up process) and I was tearing with ease a good portion of crackled paint inside of my electric ECB. I do keep this thing well oiled and maintained and I noticed during the smoke, that the smoke was mainly coming out where the paint was flaking away. Am I screwed or what should I do to fix this? I was thinking of taking a wire brush and scrape away some more of the paint and then put a good coat of oil on it. Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve only had this unit for 9 months and have done a dozen smokes. Any suggestions?

I would like to have this last for a few more months and then planning on upgrading this summer to a propane smoker.



Thanks.

 

[richtee]

You got the plan. Brush out, or hit a car wash, then reseason it.

 

[simondsjt]

Are you sure its paint? I'm new to smokers but on my 13 year old Weber gas grill a black residue was building up. I called Weber about it and they said what you see flaking off is fat from repeated cooking that has hardened on the inside of the grill.

 

[wmarkw]

Thanks for the help. I'm pretty sure it is paint because the inside of the shell is red and when the paint bubbled off I see the gray bare metal.

 

[smokeys my pet]

Again clean it up real good then re-season it and you should be fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!