jrTheSmoker
Knows what a fatty is.
I picked up my Workhorse Pits 1975t in February, and it rained constantly from the time I pulled up to the shop, and for 2 weeks after before I got to use it. For the first cook, I put the splits on top of the firebox to warm them, but immediately noticed after the first cook rust start to form where the splits touched the surface of the firebox. I have since got a LSG basket, and there's enough room I can lay two splits on the sides while I cook.
I have a cheap tarp I use to cover the smoker for now until I can get time to measure and get a Sunbrella cover made for it, but the rust on the firebox has gotten to the point I need to do something about it before it does long term damage to the metal.
On my cheap sheet-metal thick Brinkman offset that sat behind my dad's shop for 30+ years, I used a sanding wheel and sprayed it profusely with pam and ran it for hours, and just spray every few cooks with pam, and it's sitting beside where the water runs off the roof and it hasn't had any rust on it even with no cover.
Linseed oil is nowhere around me, so I would have to order it. I do not want to try the boiled linseed oil and would use food grade of some sort. Pam is everywhere, but I do notice it is a little duller color than the linseed when cured, but then again, could be the 30+ years of rust under the pam of my Brinkman.
For those that have the WH pit, have you tried linseed oil and pam and notice any difference? Did you just spray the pam over the original linseed oil finish, or scrub it off first? Can you swap between them if you do not like one or the other? Is there a benefit to one versus the other, or just a color/sheen difference?
I have a cheap tarp I use to cover the smoker for now until I can get time to measure and get a Sunbrella cover made for it, but the rust on the firebox has gotten to the point I need to do something about it before it does long term damage to the metal.
On my cheap sheet-metal thick Brinkman offset that sat behind my dad's shop for 30+ years, I used a sanding wheel and sprayed it profusely with pam and ran it for hours, and just spray every few cooks with pam, and it's sitting beside where the water runs off the roof and it hasn't had any rust on it even with no cover.
Linseed oil is nowhere around me, so I would have to order it. I do not want to try the boiled linseed oil and would use food grade of some sort. Pam is everywhere, but I do notice it is a little duller color than the linseed when cured, but then again, could be the 30+ years of rust under the pam of my Brinkman.
For those that have the WH pit, have you tried linseed oil and pam and notice any difference? Did you just spray the pam over the original linseed oil finish, or scrub it off first? Can you swap between them if you do not like one or the other? Is there a benefit to one versus the other, or just a color/sheen difference?