Clean this mess up!

[Rings Я Us]

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]

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]

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

 

[Rings Я Us]

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

 

[Rings Я Us]

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

 

[Rings Я Us]

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

 

[pc farmer]

I just knock the loose stuff off.  

 

[Rings Я Us]

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

 

[Rings Я Us]

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]

My mini only has one Weber vent.  

 

[Rings Я Us]

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]

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]

Need another damper for this base. Only has 2

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[pc farmer]

I need to look up your build on this.

 

[Rings Я Us]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

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[Rings Я Us]

Works good.. very versatile

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