I bet it's clean now! Had a similir incident last weekend when smoke-drying a batch of jalapeno's. I don't use the water pan when I'm smoke-drying. I just use a smaller fire. Well, I guess it didn't start out small enough because the smoke box got so hot it nearly started the lawn chair cushion on fire (located opposite side of the fire box; too lazy to remove from last winter). Smoke box temp gauge was registering around 350 at the time. Had I not been around, it could have been disasterous.
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Dr. Mark (STL)
Ph.D. (honorary) Bovine $hitology
A thin line separates paranoia from an acute understanding of reality.
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