What do you use to clean carbon deposits from concrete floor?

[tempnexus]

I have my smoker at my deck and the deck is a poured concrete-not cured. So after many smoking sessions I have few grease and carbon stains around the smoker. I would like to clean it. I used Pull It Out on the grease and it worked OK and then I tried concentrated bleach on the carbon stains but it didn't seem to work. I've also tried Dawn dish detergent, that also didn't work.

So what do you guys/gals use and what do you do to prevent them from occuring? Is there a smoker mat or something that the smoker can be placed on that can withstand high temperatures ? (275+ F).

 

[udaman]

TSP works great

 

[tempnexus]

TSP works great

Do you allow it to dry or do you pour it and wait few min and then wash it off?

 

[udaman]

wait and scrub it , then wash it off
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[tempnexus]

wait and scrub it , then wash it off
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Ok cool. I have removed virtually all of my oil stains via Pull It Out; it actually worked wonders. However, what remained seem to be the smoke charcoal stains so I will try TSP.




And now to the 2nd part of my question....do you guys/gals use any type of mats under the smoker? If so what would you recommend?

 

[poacherjoe]

Dynamite never fails

 

[S-met]

So what do you guys/gals use and what do you do to prevent them from occuring? Is there a smoker mat or something that the smoker can be placed on that can withstand high temperatures ? (275+ F).

Do a web search for "bbq mat for deck." There are lots of options that are good for high heat.