I have always used my DO's with charcoal or sometimes on a propane burner, but never put one in my smoker... yet.
For those of you that have done this before, I'm looking for some pointers about cleaning off the sticky smoke residue left on the outside:
Is the smoke film on the outside easy to clean off afterwards? Do you even worry about it?
If so, what worked? A degreaser such as Simple green or oven cleaner? or burn it off with a torch or weed burner, or camp fire?
Is it worth wrapping in foil on the outside to aid in cleanup?
What kind of smoker did you put it in- electric, charcoal, etc,
Someone is likely going to point out that there is no point in using a DO in a smoker cuz smoke cant reach the meat. I will say to "Sherlock"... In this case the lid will be off with meat on a trivet inside the DO for the first couple of hours to get smoke on it. Then the lid placed on like you would foil it, and the pellet tray removed for the remainder of the smoke.
I know I'm not the first one to do this, and surprised I don't see more members smoke post pictures with baked beans and other stuff in Cast Iron in smokers. What a great heat-sink anyway! I will make a post with my cook when I "do a butt in a DO" this weekend.
For those of you that have done this before, I'm looking for some pointers about cleaning off the sticky smoke residue left on the outside:
Is the smoke film on the outside easy to clean off afterwards? Do you even worry about it?
If so, what worked? A degreaser such as Simple green or oven cleaner? or burn it off with a torch or weed burner, or camp fire?
Is it worth wrapping in foil on the outside to aid in cleanup?
What kind of smoker did you put it in- electric, charcoal, etc,
Someone is likely going to point out that there is no point in using a DO in a smoker cuz smoke cant reach the meat. I will say to "Sherlock"... In this case the lid will be off with meat on a trivet inside the DO for the first couple of hours to get smoke on it. Then the lid placed on like you would foil it, and the pellet tray removed for the remainder of the smoke.
I know I'm not the first one to do this, and surprised I don't see more members smoke post pictures with baked beans and other stuff in Cast Iron in smokers. What a great heat-sink anyway! I will make a post with my cook when I "do a butt in a DO" this weekend.