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[jaymar]

Hey,everyone I'm going by JAYMAR on here. I live in North Texas. I have been a lover of genuine smoke meats and other foods all my life ,( I am 38 ). I have been using a smoker of one of my friends for the last 10 years , it works great . For the last year I have been gathering supplies to build my own ,and now am getting close to finish time .

Now for my first entry slash question. I've read a few post about seasoning New smokers . There was a slew of great options , but the one thing I never found was starting from raw metal with little rust and weld residew.

I've put a lot of time and effort and design, with the normal blood sweet and tears . I don't want to ruin it with a bad first season. What are some of your suggestions. Thank you for letting me In This forum , and thank in advance for your help.


JAYMAR

 

[mike5051]

Welcome to the site JAYMAR!  There is a build section on the site and they may be of help.  I don't recall hearing of a raw metal smoker with rust and stuff. No high temp paint?  My grates are rusty and I clean them and smoke away.  The rest of my smoker is covered with smoke residue that I never clean.

Mike

 

[jaymar]

Sorry mike for the confusion . What I ment was I'm starting from raw metal no coating on the inside . I am going to paint it eventually. But after cleaning the inside of my smoker , how would I go about sealing and or seasoning the inside from raw metal ?

Thanks for the welcome and reply .

 

[SmokinAl]

Sorry mike for the confusion . What I ment was I'm starting from raw metal no coating on the inside . I am going to paint it eventually. But after cleaning the inside of my smoker , how would I go about sealing and or seasoning the inside from raw metal ?

Thanks for the welcome and reply .

Spray it down with Pam & start a fire.

Let it run around 275-300 for a couple of hours or until the inside has a nice smoke color to it.

In this case white smoke is OK.

Al