Bought a used smokette 008 today

Congrats on your find!

If it's not been used too much I would liightly scrape the sides, top & bottom with a plastic scraper. Then wipe it down with a damp rag/cloth (no cleaners).

Toss in a fatty pork butt & about 4-6 oz of wood. Set er on 225* and let the CS perform it's magic. This should reset any seasoning that may have been lost during the gentle cleaning.

Don't forget to cover the bottom & wood box with foil. Punch a hole in the foil (drain hole).

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Plenty of great cooks here to help you along - after you read first, of course!

Have fun & Good Luck!

Thanks for the help. I'm heading out to pick up a butt in a few minutes. Been reading and searching on here, definately alot of great information. Think I'll keep it pretty simple with the butt, do a basic rub and let it go.

Great! Let us know how it turns out.

I almost purchased a brinkman, but after checking around Cookshack had a lot of great reviews and I don't regret buying it for a minute. Puts out consistant "Q" everytime!

Just reporting back on the first smoke...the butt came out great! It took 16 hrs to get to 195, I did raise it from 225 to 250 for the last 2 hours. Used 5oz of hickory and I think it was about right, I could maybe go for a little more but wife said it was perfect. I debated about leaving the fat cap or trimming it and I did end up trimming the butt. Still was plenty tender, and I figured I'd end up with more brown that way.

I would be careful using too much wood. Mine gets a real good smoke flavor with just 2 ozs of solid wood. My buddy used it with wood chips and ruined 5 lbs of steelhead. It doesn't take much wood. A sniff test and you can smell the smoke. Meat takes on most of the smoke flavor in the first hour.