Chicken fat on the bottom of my smoker

Some folks like to use lemon juice or other cleaner. I've never had a rancidity problem and I do a lot of yard birds. I pull up the foil and use one of those fake credit cards I continually get in the mail to scrape the fat off the bottom. I bought a black tub from Home Depo that is used for mixing mortar and dump some dish soap in it along with enough hot water to cover the shelves and shelf supports. Let'er soak and rinse.. simple as that. I also take the "credit card" and scrape the sides of crusties about once every few months. I've never had to use soap inside the box itself and it simply smells like a "smoker".. oh yah.

You will always have some fat that leaches under the foil. Just clean it down like SmokenQue suggested and you'll be fine.....that's all I do.

dan