Seasoning new smoker

I did not oil my Cookshack or my Smoking-it, and not sure why it would be necessary as I have never oiled up a new kitchen oven. I wiped down the interior with a damp cloth because some of the packing was styrofoam and the crumbs are pesky and static.   I washed and dried the racks. After making sure there was nothing in the smoker but what should be there, I fired it up with wood in the wood box per the instructions and let it go. This burned off any residual oils or solvents or whatever that was used in manufacturing; it also gave the smoker a nice smokey patina.  The next time I fired it up, it had a big old bone in butt.

Coating a smoker interior with oil is to inhibit rust in a steel bodied smoker. Many electrics including the MES have a stainless interior. The grates are chrome and again no need for oil...JJ