Cleaning My New Smokette After Smoking

I lay a piece of aluminum foil over the top of the smoke box and another piece of the bottom...change it after each use. Beyond that, warm water with a mild dish detergent solution seems to do the job.

Thanks TopChef. Do you clean the racks after each smoke? What about the side pieces that hold the racks or the sides of the smoker?

JLT

I put my racks right into my sink with soap water and let them soak a little then they clean easy.I do put some Pam spray on them before I use them. I clean my rack holders the same way and I do like topchef and put foil on the bottom and on the top of the smokebox.I again use a lite mist of pam on the bottom before I put the foil in and that helps the foil to stick.Then I just get a dry towel and wipe the bottom after I remove the foil and it just wipes out.I will use a paint scraper scrap the walls and door. I wouldn't use any detergent scared of putting a strange oder in the smoker because that oder might cook into your food.

Simple Green works great for the racks as well. Other then that not much cleaning needed.

Pitcherjlt, I have a large tub sink in the basement. After a long cook I put the grills in that, add some Top Job, enough hot water to cover and let 'em soak over night. The next morning I put those puppies in the dish washer on the heavy scrub & soak cycle and let 'er rip. They come out clean as a pin.

Do NOT clean you Smoker walls, except to get off any food solids, after each Smoke. I use a scraper to get off any chunks,

You don't want to clean off the black, that's the seasoning. Think of a cast iron skillet, once you season it, carefully clean it.

Smokin'

The absolute best product for cutting through the grease is Greased Lightning, assuming you can get it in your area. You need to be a litle carefull since it is also the one product which seems to completely disolve the black cresote coating. When I owned a smokette, I would use foil over the top of the smoke box and foil on the bottom, however, a fair amount of grease would find its way under the foil on the bottom. On my 55, I stopped using foil on the bottom and only cover the smoke box. After cooking I have a spray bottle full of water handy. I first wipe out the bottom with paper towels. I would then spray the bottom (only) with Greased Lightning and let it disolve the grease and cresote such that it ran into the drip pan. I would then wipe it out and spray generously with water. This results in a perfectly clean bottom in about 2 minutes.