Best way to ungunk a daisy wheel

tortaboy · 11-23-2012, 10:43 AM

When starting the fire on my Egg, there is always the initial burnoff before smoke is totally clear. During this period, a small amount of creosote starts forming on the bottom of my daisy wheel.

Using the daisy wheel when I am cooking is no problem....but after the Egg cools, the gunk hardens on the daisy wheel, making it stick.

Any ideas how to easily clean the gunk from the daisy wheel?

Bludawg · 11-23-2012, 11:44 AM

Simple green, Remove it and soak it in naptha then clean it in simple green reinstall. Remove it and blast it with your weed burner( if you don't have one it's a good excuse to get one) then wire brush it. Trade it in for a stick burner.

fingerlickin' · 11-23-2012, 11:57 AM

I have the same problem and I'm fresh outta naptha.

milehigh · 11-23-2012, 12:15 PM

I always throw it on the grill and let her go wide open for a short time before i cap it off. Keeps it from building up.

Paul

Dr_KY · 11-23-2012, 12:18 PM

Heat it up, take it apart and hit with a cup brush on the rechargeable drill.

deepsouth · 11-23-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by milehigh

I always throw it on the grill and let her go wide open for a short time before i cap it off. Keeps it from building up.

Paul

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tortaboy · 11-23-2012, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bludawg

Simple green, Remove it and soak it in naptha then clean it in simple green reinstall. Remove it and blast it with your weed burner( if you don't have one it's a good excuse to get one) then wire brush it. Trade it in for a stick burner.

Had a stick burner....prefer the Kamado.

Food comes out juicier, and I like sleep.

tortaboy · 11-23-2012, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by milehigh

I always throw it on the grill and let her go wide open for a short time before i cap it off. Keeps it from building up.

Paul

I often put it on the grill at the end of the cook, but that is when I'm snuffing out the fire with the ceramic top. Still warm inside. I'll have to try this when ramping it up to see if the additional heat melts the crud.

tortaboy · 11-23-2012, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr_KY

Heat it up, take it apart and hit with a cup brush on the rechargeable drill.

What is a Cup brush?

swamprb · 11-23-2012, 04:10 PM

Are you using the rain cap to snuff the fire when you are done cooking?

Stick the DMFT on the grill to burn off the gunk.

tortaboy · 11-23-2012, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by swamprb

Are you using the rain cap to snuff the fire when you are done cooking?

Stick the DMFT on the grill to burn off the gunk.

Yes. I am using the rain cap to snuff out the fire.

Putting the Daisy wheel on the grill has not done a good job at cleaning off the gunk so far....but, I usually put it on at the very end of the cook when I have the rain cap on. Even though the fire is going out, the egg is still hot for awhile.

I may have to put it on at higher heat, and/or at least put it on the grill as the Egg is coming UP to temp. Will be curious to see if this helps.

Is this a non issue for some of you Kamado owners?

cookingdude555 · 11-23-2012, 05:10 PM

Mine is only used for low and slow, all other cook temps are handled with the lower vent only. So it's not much of an issue. Throw it in the coals during a hot cook, that will clean it.

Oldyote · 11-23-2012, 05:52 PM

When mine gets bad I just throw it in the lump after a cook and open up the vents.

11-23-2012, 10:43 AM	#1
tortaboy is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-04-11 Location: San Jose, Ca. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Best way to ungunk a daisy wheel When starting the fire on my Egg, there is always the initial burnoff before smoke is totally clear. During this period, a small amount of creosote starts forming on the bottom of my daisy wheel. Using the daisy wheel when I am cooking is no problem....but after the Egg cools, the gunk hardens on the daisy wheel, making it stick. Any ideas how to easily clean the gunk from the daisy wheel?

11-23-2012, 11:44 AM	#2
Bludawg Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-04-09 Location: Jonesboro,Tx Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Simple green, Remove it and soak it in naptha then clean it in simple green reinstall. Remove it and blast it with your weed burner( if you don't have one it's a good excuse to get one) then wire brush it. Trade it in for a stick burner. __________________ I never met a Cow that I didn't like with a little Salt & Pepper! Certified PORK-A-HOLIC

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fingerlickin' Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-08-10 Location: Boyertown, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have the same problem and I'm fresh outta naptha. __________________ Jason "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's a$$, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it". - Tommy Callahan III XL Big Green Egg, 22.5 Weber OTS, WSJ Gold/Mini WSM, 18" & 22" WSM Flyers Orange Thermapen WAEFAY...WWGALD???

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milehigh is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-23-07 Location: Butte MT Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I always throw it on the grill and let her go wide open for a short time before i cap it off. Keeps it from building up. Paul __________________ There is a huge difference between the guy who knows it all and the one who wants to know it all.

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swamprb somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-27-06 Location: Bothell WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are you using the rain cap to snuff the fire when you are done cooking? Stick the DMFT on the grill to burn off the gunk. __________________ Brian - Left Hand Smoke BBQ PNWBA 2010 Team of the Year BGE's/WSM's/BWS Gater/BDS Clones/Weber Performer w EZ-Que/Cajun Bandit/Rib-O-Lator Test Pilot/La Caja China/BBQ Guru/Weber 1000 RK Drum Coffee Roaster Follow Left Hand Smoke on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-H...462391?sk=wall KCBS CBJ/PNWBA CBJ www.pnwba.com

11-23-2012, 05:10 PM	#12
cookingdude555 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-18-09 Location: USA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mine is only used for low and slow, all other cook temps are handled with the lower vent only. So it's not much of an issue. Throw it in the coals during a hot cook, that will clean it. __________________ John - Salt Lake City, UT Webers Eggs Bubba Keg

11-23-2012, 05:52 PM	#13
Oldyote is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-24-10 Location: Duluth MN Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	When mine gets bad I just throw it in the lump after a cook and open up the vents. __________________ 2 Large Big Green Eggs, 1 Hybrid Grill, 1 restored Weber Performer in Green, 1 S-330 and 1 new super secret cooker so secret that not even I have seen it yet. Proud Member of the Zero's Club CLICK HERE to visit the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns "earthbound but aspiring.... A lumbering soul but trying to fly...(with)...not enough wingspread but plenty of intention."