Hi all,
Good to be on here. I found the forum by chance today and read alot of good articles here. Anyways; The other day I received a new home built vertical wood smoker that stands about 7ft. tall and I have a little problem. Today I rinsed out the inside of the smoker with water(no soap or scrubbing) and proceeded to smoke a pork roast. The bottom of the smoker has a chamber for water and I filled it up. Anyways about half-way thru I noticed a some black slime on my roasts and noticed that the inside of the smoker smelt like "metal" and not like my old smoker(brinkman). Could this be because I did not scrub the inside of the smoker with soap and a wire brush to remove all the deposits? I got really upset seeing as how I "thought" I had removed all the dirt and grit. Can anybody give me some hints on how and what to use so that my smoker is safe for food and this will not happen again?? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you
Good to be on here. I found the forum by chance today and read alot of good articles here. Anyways; The other day I received a new home built vertical wood smoker that stands about 7ft. tall and I have a little problem. Today I rinsed out the inside of the smoker with water(no soap or scrubbing) and proceeded to smoke a pork roast. The bottom of the smoker has a chamber for water and I filled it up. Anyways about half-way thru I noticed a some black slime on my roasts and noticed that the inside of the smoker smelt like "metal" and not like my old smoker(brinkman). Could this be because I did not scrub the inside of the smoker with soap and a wire brush to remove all the deposits? I got really upset seeing as how I "thought" I had removed all the dirt and grit. Can anybody give me some hints on how and what to use so that my smoker is safe for food and this will not happen again?? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you