Papa Don
is one Smokin' Farker
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2015
- Location
- Plainfie...
I had a cook back a few months ago and my back was bad. I cooked with the water in the water bowl!!
So, our Thanksgiving is tomorrow, Saturday, and I knew it would be bad…well. The grates were all moldy and the water bowl was rancid. I scraped the grates and put both grates and the bowl in the dish washer on the pots and pans setting with two cleaning soapy tabs. I then went out and wiped down with a wet rag the the inner surfaces. I then sprayed vinegar on all the surfaces, inside and out. Then I dumped a bunch of lump charcoal and a bunch of pecan wood in the WSM. I lit it and opened all the dampers. I’m letting it go all night. This adds an additional step for me tomorrow but my fault. Not loving my system. I’m feeling like I should have just invested in another 26” kettle (mine is old and rusty) with a Slow-n-Sear, I have a smokenator.
Last years turkey. It might look like this tomorrow if I don’t trust the elimination mold method I did.
So, our Thanksgiving is tomorrow, Saturday, and I knew it would be bad…well. The grates were all moldy and the water bowl was rancid. I scraped the grates and put both grates and the bowl in the dish washer on the pots and pans setting with two cleaning soapy tabs. I then went out and wiped down with a wet rag the the inner surfaces. I then sprayed vinegar on all the surfaces, inside and out. Then I dumped a bunch of lump charcoal and a bunch of pecan wood in the WSM. I lit it and opened all the dampers. I’m letting it go all night. This adds an additional step for me tomorrow but my fault. Not loving my system. I’m feeling like I should have just invested in another 26” kettle (mine is old and rusty) with a Slow-n-Sear, I have a smokenator.
Last years turkey. It might look like this tomorrow if I don’t trust the elimination mold method I did.
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