Have You Had “The Talk”

[16Adams]

For me I learned the facts of life in a magazine with beautiful pictures. More specifically
Texas Monthly - is your smoker/grill seasoned or just filthy? Yesterday I spent abut 2 hours cleaning two cookers of similar size with very different heat sources. Pit Boss Austin XL Pellet and Oklahoma Joe Highland Offset. They’re both about the same size. Vacuum, scrape-scrape & scrape. Vacuum. Inside, not much outside. Checked cords on Pellet checked and oiled hinges on both. I wore gloves and still got my hands stained. Both of these cookers had been through several multi meat cooks. Meat sweats happen to cookers too, not just humans. I usually don’t let my Cookers go multiple cooks without a good cleaning. I’m fortunate to live where humidity is as normal as a three Dollar Bill. Even our rain is dry. Due to low humidity and constant winds you don’t normally see the cooker critters that bloom in a humid climate.
However at least two cookers are cleaned and ready.

Seasoned versus Filthy. Glad we had this talk

 

[Mike Twangzer]

Oh Man !!!! You scraped all that good flavor off again ???!!!

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

I'm sick of snow and cold.
Ready for spring.
So much that needs done.

I've never had mold. Not once.

 

[16Adams]

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Oh Man !!!! You scraped all that good flavor off again ???!!!

Topic comes around usually followed by don't cook with live fire and barefoot-or flip flops. There have been several Brethren with foot burns due to dropping hot coals. Perhaps we need a cooker top ten list.

 

[SweetHeatBBQnSC]

I did some cleaning on my 3 cookers a couple weeks back and thought back to when you published the article. Really need to do some extensive work on my grates though. Gotta get some oven cleaner.

 

[16Adams]

Grates are a challenge for me as well

 

[Wornslick]

I've learned to leave the door on my Stumps slightly open between cooks. That took care of the mold. It's due for a good cleaning once it warms up.

 

[West River BBQ]

This sounds like a good, honest day's worth of work, something I just can't bring myself to do.

 

[Smoking Piney]

Great point, Adams.

As soon as the weather warms up a bit, all of my cookers are going to get a deep cleaning. My Assassin sorely needs it. My BGE is going to get a new gasket.

 

[blackdogbbq21]

Cleaned my whole arsenal last weekend. I'm pretty good about my offset after I use it. I could do better emptying the ash from my PK grill more often.

 

[HogGrog]

I have two teenagers, and had the talk!

But they still refuse to clean my cookers. :razz:

 

[Big George's BBQ]

Thanks Adams I need to do some work on my Egg The gassers are still relatively new and in good shape

 

[mike243]

I use a pressure washer on the plates and grids from my Austinlx , then back into it and a short high heat run to dry them off.

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

I have two teenagers,

You have my sympathy.

 

[kevinstaggs]

Grates are a challenge for me as well

I usually throw them in one of those plastic cement mixing tubs with Zip Citrus Degreaser. Let 'em soak, then Brillo pad them.

If they just didn't have all those darn corners...

 

[jzadski]

Definitely seasoned as far as the smokers. Waiting for some nice 40ish degree weather to clean the gasser though which is slipping into the crude zone

 

[Pulmah Finger]

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Topic comes around usually followed by don't cook with live fire and barefoot-or flip flops. There have been several Brethren with foot burns due to dropping hot coals. Perhaps we need a cooker top ten list.

Im in trouble i only wear flipflops, i figured the hot coals on the toes are just part of the process