Do you clean the glass on your smoker door (if it has glass)

[lovethemeats]

Dang. You can see thru all of the glass. Looks like you did a good job on the glass. Did you clean the little internal light glass cover to. I did mine once. Next smoke and it was back to smoked glass.

 

[candurin]

I don't think I've ever used nor cleaned the light. But, I took a quick peak and it's almost spotless. But, the light is on the outside of the smoker when the door is closed.

 

[uncle eddie]

 
And just to share the love...

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• candurin
• Jun 20, 2016

This was after a weekend of various smoking.  Just before putting the cover on.

Please come over and show me how to do mine 

 

[Bearcarver]

I don't think I've ever used nor cleaned the light. But, I took a quick peak and it's almost spotless. But, the light is on the outside of the smoker when the door is closed.

Mine looks just like yours.

When I was using my Gen #1, I cleaned the inside light a couple times, and that was a losing battle.

With my set-up & porch lights, I don't need a smoker light.

Bear

 

[lovethemeats]

Yes. I gave up cleaning it. I use my flashlight if I need to look in at it. Kind of a dumb idea to have one built on the inside. I can see a oven having one but not a smoker.

 

[b-one]

I don't have one but would not clean it if I did.

 

[mosparky]

Clean mine just before each smoke. It's a part of appeasing the she beast. She has gotten me some stuff over the years that I really didn't realize just how nice the stuff was and therefore haven't taken very good care of them. Things are a bit different now. I discovered just how nice a Weber Kettle really is along with a few other things. I try to take far better care of my toys.

 A bucket of hot water and dawn with a dobie pad and it pretty much wipes clean. I would do it after a smoke but it's too hot, it's late and I'm hungry. Gives me something to do while I wait for the AMNPS to get right.

 

[Bearcarver]

 
Clean mine just before each smoke. It's a part of appeasing the she beast. She has gotten me some stuff over the years that I really didn't realize just how nice the stuff was and therefore haven't taken very good care of them. Things are a bit different now. I discovered just how nice a Weber Kettle really is along with a few other things. I try to take far better care of my toys.

 A bucket of hot water and dawn with a dobie pad and it pretty much wipes clean. I would do it after a smoke but it's too hot, it's late and I'm hungry. Gives me something to do while I wait for the AMNPS to get right.

Exactly !

When I'm ready to eat, I don't want to be cleaning my window. I clean it before each smoke.

And if I want to use a razor blade first, it works better after it has cooled.

Bear

 

[uncle eddie]

I tried the apple cider vinegar last night...it does work, but I gave up as there was a year of smoke on it.

 

[Bearcarver]

 
I tried the apple cider vinegar last night...it does work, but I gave up as there was a year of smoke on it.

Yeah---If you let it go a long time, it's best to use a razor blade, like a Widget, on it first.

Then it's easy to clean after that.

Bear

 

[Texas Jim]

Back in the spring, my wife gifted me with a 44 inch Masterbilt propane smoker. The main door has a window in it. I use a high grade oven rated stem thermometer, so being able to see it requires keeping the window clean.

Disregarding that, if she's willing to spend $400 on a nice smoker for me, I think it behooves me to show her some respect by keeping it clean. Not only the window, but the whole cabinet gets a wipe down after each use.

The five burner stainless steel Kenmore gas grill she gave me for Fathers' Day a coupla' years back looks like it's brand new because I keep that clean, too. 

 

[Bearcarver]

 
Back in the spring, my wife gifted me with a 44 inch Masterbilt propane smoker. The main door has a window in it. I use a high grade oven rated stem thermometer, so being able to see it requires keeping the window clean.

Disregarding that, if she's willing to spend $400 on a nice smoker for me, I think it behooves me to show her some respect by keeping it clean. Not only the window, but the whole cabinet gets a wipe down after each use.

The five burner stainless steel Kenmore gas grill she gave me for Fathers' Day a coupla' years back looks like it's brand new because I keep that clean, too. 

You're a Good Man, Jim!!! 

Bear

 

[uncle eddie]

I was bored so, on a whim, I grabbed my putty knife.  And this...(from original post) 

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• uncle eddie
• Aug 6, 2016

turned into this in about 10 minutes...

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• uncle eddie
• Aug 6, 2016

All that was needed was putty knife, elbow grease, and a hand-vac to suck up the little specs that did not fall onto the cookie sheet I put below the door.

 

[oregon smoker]

Nice Job!! It looks great.
Tom

 

[Bearcarver]

 
I was bored so, on a whim, I grabbed my putty knife.  And this...(from original post) 

turned into this in about 10 minutes...

All that was needed was putty knife, elbow grease, and a hand-vac to suck up the little specs that did not fall onto the cookie sheet I put below the door.

Yup---Clean as a Whistle!!!

Bear

 

[frankly]

Been using a little bit of white vinegar on a paper towel before, or a few hours after, each smoke and the glass cleans right up. My last smoke was 10.5 hours at 275F and it was a bit harder to clean up so not sure if the higher heat helps bake the smoke on worse.  I'm finding that the moisture that coats the glass is more of a vision inhibitor in the first few hours of smoking and then the smoke coating itself sets in...

As candurin posted previously, I clean those important certain parts (grates, temp and limit sensors), and also the rubber door seal, and it is little effort to hit the glass at the same time...

 

[Bummed]

I use a mixture of 2 parts hydrogen peroxide and 1 part Dawn original blue in a spray bottle. Works real good spraying down the grates too. I use it for stains in clothes and just about anything that needs a good cleaning.

 

[zekester]

hey guys I use newspaper damp'n dip it in some ash with the glass cold that's how we clean our wood burner glass door  so one would think it would clean it oh wipe dry with dry newspaper zekester...

 

[Bearcarver]

 
hey guys I use newspaper damp'n dip it in some ash with the glass cold that's how we clean our wood burner glass door  so one would think it would clean it oh wipe dry with dry newspaper zekester...

You mean like this???

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/113467/cleaning-mes-window-without-any-chemicals-at-all

Bear

 

[zekester]

yep that's what I'm talking about and there's your dinner.... zekester