Question on Cleaning The Fire Box...

[boulder buff]

I was not sure if this is the right forum to post this but I thought what the heck.

A couple weeks back I smoked 18 lbs. of Brisket, I just finished cleaning out the main chamber but have a ton of ash and crap in the fire box. Is there a simple way to clean out the fire box (I have a Brinkmann Smoke-n-Pit Pro Smoker)?

I tried using just a shovel head but I could only get a little bit of the ash out and it made a mess? Any ideas or basic methods that people use?

Thanks!

 

[SmokinAl]

Shop Vac.

 

[alaskanbear]

Agree with AL, but make sure its COLD first...

 

[sqwib]

I keep a shallow cookie sheet below he grates then just slide out and dump, I have also used a shop vac in the past.

 

[soafung]

THIS

look about half way down the page.  look at item 1509.

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Boulderbuff, as Soafung says ; a light piece of metal in the bottom,pull out and dump.