I've toyed with the idea and even tried doing a good old army spit shine to my electric smoker. It's not worth the many hours of effort. Keep your grills clean and let things be as they may.I would never clean the walls. Like others have said that is good stuff on those walls. I enclose my outdoor kitchen during the winter. A friend of mine told me the other day that i have the best air freshener he ever smelled. I didn't understand until he said it smells like smoked meats there all the time. Cant get that great smell if you wash it away. Hes right, its an awesome smell coming from the smoker even when just sitting there not being used. I also just put the grates in the dishwasher after every use.
The crap on the smoker lid, that's Cerosote.So I read some scary stuff about creosote build-up...but I also hear guys saying they get none.
How do I know if I got creosote?!?!
I have a SmokinTex 1400, so the steam-cleaning isn't an option. Do I want to get one of those propane weed burners? Or do I just want to relax a bit?
Well, okay! Thanks, I just have a little bit of that on the inside of my wood box. I can scrape that out with a putty knife in about 5 minutes. Cool.
How do you determine creosote vs "seasoning?" To me that looks like "seasoning" that builds up on everybodys grill or smoker.Thats alot of creosote in that photo. Can't say my stuff ever got that bad uncleaned- But when things flaked on my electric one- i scraped it out. My block build, if i find things smelling off (lets say i forgot to empty the drip pan for a day or so. i clean it out then just burn a few logs in it- smells smokey fresh
I just stand down wind of my smoker until my skin is permeated with the scent and then don't take a bath for about a month or until the smoke smell goes away.Wonder if anyone has developed this scent in a cologne or candle yet?
Bwahahahaha, thats a great one.I just stand down wind of my smoker until my skin is permeated with the scent and then don't take a bath for about a month or until the smoke smell goes away.
NOT!!!! LOL