Howdy gang...
First of all, I know all of this is pure fiction since there's no Q-view...but I assure you I'm left with a messy smoker! It's gonna be a tough job to get her back into shape.
I just completed a 24 hour marathon smoke yesterday for the wife's birthday picnic. I'm new to smoking but I jumped in head first on this one. I modded my CGSP to the gills and went right to it.
I started Sunday noon-ish with a pork butt, followed at 4PM with 2 fatties for dinner that night. When the butt finished, I threw on a brisket at about 10PM and rolled smoke all night long. About 7AM it was up to 200 and in the cooler. Next up was 6 racks of ribs with the 3-2-1 and a double batch of Dutch's wicked beans, minus the jalapenos. Used Jeff's rub on everything.
Everybody raved over the beans and the meat. Everything turned out wonderfully, except I should have rubbed the brisket earlier so the rub saturated the meat better (I thought). But I got no complaints.
Which leads me to my question. How do you guys clean up your smokers? All that sticky brown sugar and fats has really made a mess of the grates and the bottom of the smoker.
I think my best option is to just take off the grates and wire brush them, then wipe them down. Then scrape everything down with a putty knife and paper towel out the insides. I don't think I want to use soapy water because it will cause rust. The grease should help protect it, as long as there's no big clods that will cause mold and rot to get in the smoker.
What do you think?
Squirt
First of all, I know all of this is pure fiction since there's no Q-view...but I assure you I'm left with a messy smoker! It's gonna be a tough job to get her back into shape.
I just completed a 24 hour marathon smoke yesterday for the wife's birthday picnic. I'm new to smoking but I jumped in head first on this one. I modded my CGSP to the gills and went right to it.
I started Sunday noon-ish with a pork butt, followed at 4PM with 2 fatties for dinner that night. When the butt finished, I threw on a brisket at about 10PM and rolled smoke all night long. About 7AM it was up to 200 and in the cooler. Next up was 6 racks of ribs with the 3-2-1 and a double batch of Dutch's wicked beans, minus the jalapenos. Used Jeff's rub on everything.
Everybody raved over the beans and the meat. Everything turned out wonderfully, except I should have rubbed the brisket earlier so the rub saturated the meat better (I thought). But I got no complaints.
Which leads me to my question. How do you guys clean up your smokers? All that sticky brown sugar and fats has really made a mess of the grates and the bottom of the smoker.
I think my best option is to just take off the grates and wire brush them, then wipe them down. Then scrape everything down with a putty knife and paper towel out the insides. I don't think I want to use soapy water because it will cause rust. The grease should help protect it, as long as there's no big clods that will cause mold and rot to get in the smoker.
What do you think?
Squirt
