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Cleaning

Egory
Egory Posts: 11
edited January 2012 in EggHead Forum
Hi Guys,

I'm wondering what you do, if anything to clean out your Eggs including the ring and plate setter, etc. Thanks!

Cooking venison for the first time tonight.  Pretty excited!  


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  • smokinsooner
    smokinsooner Posts: 161
    Once a month or so I pull out all ceramics and run some steel wool Nd water over each to get the dried on burnt on droppings off. No soap of course! Then I get every ash out of the base. This will give you the chance to make are the holes in the fire box are clear, and realign everything for good air flow.
    Plate setter is cleaned more often, but if you use a drip pan, there's minimal cleaning.
    BOOMER!
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    depending on what types of cooks your doing, cleanoot isnt always needed. if i do 20 chicken cooks direct in a row i need to burn out the accumulated fat. if in searing steaks or making pizza once a week i never clean it.  if the smoke smells good before the meat goes on all is good, if it smells bad let it burn longer before the meat goes on. learn to smell the smoke and your always good
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • psalzer
    psalzer Posts: 108
    About every 3rd or4th cook I will vacuum out the ash, check the air holes etc ..... takes about 5 minutes and I'm ready to go!
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  • Egory
    Egory Posts: 11
    Thanks the steel wool on the ceramics is what I was thinking. 
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  • GreenhawK
    GreenhawK Posts: 398
    I have pressure washed mine a couple of times.  I take all of the internals out and wash the parts separately.  I usually just light a hot fire in it though.
    Large BGE Decatur, AL
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  • BakerMan
    BakerMan Posts: 159
    I gotta go with Fishlessman and say I never clean.  I do a one-hour 650 degree pizza cook once a week and it is like a self-cleaning oven.  High heat vaporizes the gunk.
    BakerMan - Purcellville, VA "When its smokin' its cookin', when its black its done"
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    other than taking out he ash when it is full, and taking out the box when there is ash behind i (you will know when you cant get higher temps), about a years worth and clean it, about 300 pounds of lump and clean it behind the box
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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