How to "Season" a fridge??

Steve,

Glad to have you here.. great job on the fridge smoker and if you get a chance, post some pictures. We love to see stuff like that!

I have not built one of those myself but you should be able to use a standard seasoning process to get it ready for cooking, I normally wipe/spray peanut oil (or any vegetable oil will work) on the interior walls of the smoker. Try to get the smoker up to about 225-240 degrees or as close to that as you can and run it through a 2 hour smoke only with no food in it. The smoke will permeate the walls of the smoker and prepare it for use with food.

There are quite a few folks here who have built fridge smokers and they may be able to give you some further details on what works best with this process.

Once again, welcome to the forum!!

   Glad to have you with us!

Sounds like you may want to get a bigger heating element, so you can get the temps up above 200.

Sure wish you would post some photo's. It sounds really cool!