Clean this mess up!

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

My ECB is full of black residue and I think I better clean it out.. what gets all that creosote gunk off? Oven cleaner then a good hot rinse ? I hope it can be fixed.

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jcbigler · Jul 28, 2017

Leave it alone. That is called seasoning.

Some smokers haven't been cleaned out in decades.

I certainly wouldn't want to taste oven cleaner on my barbecue.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

So far no meat has been harmed by any kind of bitter aftertaste [emoji]128514[/emoji]

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

Yeah.. I just see some flakes off . everything tastes ok so far..

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

No drips of tar using steam either.. [emoji]128077[/emoji] so far..

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

What I do is lightly wire brush anything looks real loose that could fly off.. it works good..

pc farmer · Jul 28, 2017

I just knock the loose stuff off.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

Oh.. thanks y'all.. I was worried that it was all gonna be toxic or catch on fire lol..

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

I need to call a chimney sweep to clean this up.. ![emoji]128512[/emoji]. Reminds me.. gonna add another vent on top of ECB now.. the one doesn't have enough flow like the lid I closed off with the rope gasket.

pc farmer · Jul 28, 2017

My mini only has one Weber vent.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

I'm adding a Weber vent to ECB . It has a smaller one I took off some other tabeltop lid.. it wasn't enough..

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Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

I took it off the tabletop kettle grill that I had added it to earlier.. my batteries died in the drill.. lol oh well..

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Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

Need another damper for this base. Only has 2

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pc farmer · Jul 28, 2017

I need to look up your build on this.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

It's sealed up like a WSM .. just needs a bit more air flow to get temps up if needed.. it holds 230 225 240 .. 15 hours on a load of bbk. Just a shake or 3 to clean ash.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

I wanted more air to burn mini logs or quarters splits .. use the water in the pan to lower dome temps but burn wood still. I use a big landscape block now covered in foil.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

Now I need to crack open the door to get enough air in the coal area to burn real clean. Brick in water pan let's temps rise to much that way.. water in pan .. temps just to low with only charcoal and chunks.. I determined that more air flow and using water in pan will allow big clean fire but neutralize spikes from wood burning. I use the 2 gallon charcoal pan if I want to dampen more heat.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

I also can burn a campfire in that tabletop kettle grill.. I use the old school method and place the ECB body on bricks and have that grill just beneath at about stock level of the original set up.

Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

Or have the fire or coal pan hanging where the water pan would normally.

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Rings Я Us · Jul 28, 2017

Works good.. very versatile

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Clean this mess up!

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