Cleaning out under your reverse flow plate.

[zippy12]

Anyone clean out under the RV plate. I found car keys, panties and a block of wood not to mention all the fire ash from day one!

So I will oil this up with a rag and a stick before next burn...

 

[flatbroke]

I run a shop vacuum under mine on occasion

 

[daveomak]

Install a drain... ~ 1 1/4" pipe with a valve.... Wash it out....

 

[smokin peachey]

Anyone clean out under the RV plate. I found car keys, panties and a block of wood not to mention all the fire ash from day one!

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So I will oil this up with a rag and a stick before next burn...

Panties? What flavor profile were you after?

 

[JLeonard]

I'm kinda more concerned about the car keys!

Panties? What flavor profile were you after?

 

[zippy12]

I'm kinda more concerned about the car keys!

Yea the shop vac sucked them up not sure I will do much digging to find them

 

[jcam222]

Lol panties and car keys in the smoker sounds like a season 2 opening episode for Netflix Making of a Murderer.

 

[yankee2bbq]

Anyone clean out under the RV plate. I found car keys, panties and a block of wood not to mention all the fire ash from day one!

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So I will oil this up with a rag and a stick before next burn...

Panties? Sounds like someone was smokin’ dat ass.

Later.

 

[SmokinGame]

Panties??? Last Boston butt I smoked came packaged in cryovac.

 

[zippy12]

Lol panties and car keys in the smoker sounds like a season 2 opening episode for Netflix Making of a Murderer.

Panties? Sounds like someone was smokin’ dat ass.

Later.

Panties??? Last Boston butt I smoked came packaged in cryovac.

hey all these things were before my ownership!

 

[smokin peachey]

hey all these things were before my ownership!

Keep telling yourself that. I’m not convinced!

 

[Colin1230]

Panties?.........I'll bet she was HAWT!

 

[bill1]

Install a drain... ~ 1 1/4" pipe with a valve.... Wash it out....

Agreed. But large valves are pretty pricey. A black iron threaded plug may be the ticket if you're on a budget.
"Exercise" them every cook with some cooking oil on the threads (I'm loving the spray Kirtland stuff) or they'll be rusted in place before you need to clean.
That may not be bad advice with a nice valve either.

ADDENDUM: If you have access from your firebox, chimney sweep tools could be useful. Many are drill mounted to combine rotation with the manual longitudinal motion.