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Cleaning the FEC100

FM Former Member
I have completed the first couple of cooks on the FEC, one of them consisting of 2 butts, 1 packer cut brisket and 20 racks of ribs. I lined the bottom and the angled drip pan (that takes the drippings to the drain on the side) with foil, as well as the metal over the fire pot. Nothing got on that piece...do people normally cover that?

Anyhow on to the questions. I gently sprayed a little water on the bottom and in the drain system and wiped it out with no issues. Any issues with this? I was careful not to get water into the firepot.

Also, I am curious how everyone cleans the racks, both the regular and rib racks. I ended up taking a pressure washer to them, since they don't easily fit in my dishwasher, or kitchen sink. I also thought of putting them into my fire magic grill and cooking and scraping the stuff off them. Any suggestions?
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E ezgoinMember
I foil the drip slide, and that's it. I guess I'm lazy. Mainly I just make sure there's no grease build up on the internal serfaces.

As for the racks, I got a couple of large, plastic cement mixing trays at either Lowes or Home Depot (can't remember which). Soak in Simple Green or something like that and then wash with dish soap and rinse.
FM Former Member
I bought a rubbermaid tub, the racks sit in it at a slant.

I use Dawn Super Concetrated to clean the racks. Works fine, even with cold water. (The only presoak I get in, is if I have other things going on aswell as cleaning the grates, otherwise I start scrubbing right away).

I haven't found the best scrub pad, I found that the brillo pads that I bought wear out too fast; so I got a more aggressive scotch-brite type pad at a Janitorial Supply store. Haven't used it yet, but it looks like it'll work just fine.

As for foiling, I lined the bottom of the cooker with foil, and the drip pan. Nothing else.

Don't have the rib racks, so can't comment on those.
R ribdogMember
I picked up a cement or mortar mixing trough from Home Depot. Make sure it is big enough for the racks to lay flat in. I then use some Mr. Clean and hot water in the trough along with the racks. They sit and soak for 2-3 hours. Then I lay the racks out on my driveway and use a scrub brush with a long handle attached to it to scrub both the top and bottom of each rack. They then get a very good rinse. I then set the racks in the sun short side down so the water will run off. Works like a charm for me.

I also foil the bottom of the smoker, the heat shield/drip pan and the grease trough.

Then every three months, I will scrape the sides down with a plastic scraper just to get the loose or gunky stuff off.
FM Former Member
Couple of other threads talk about this.

For me, the car wash blows too much grease around. I use a concrete mixing tub from Home Depot (check the size to make sure it holds the grates)

I cover the racks with water, add a little simple green and let it soak. 24 hours soak and the gunk just rubs off with a paper towel or sponge.

You'll want to foil the top of heat shield IF you use any sauce and a hot smoker. When I sauce chicken and it's over 300 it will scorch/burn. You can let it cook and it will eventually turn to ash, but I just foil it.
T tomMember
Like Ribdog and Smokin say:

We pretty hot cook chicken in comps,so we use a couple layers of foil over the heat shield.

After the top layer is gunked up,before we crank the heat up,we remove the top layer to expose the under/clean layer of foil.

Don't want to risk lots of grease combining with lots of heat and having a flame up on the chicken. Eeker

When it cools down,we throw out all the foil.
FM Former Member
I'm have no problem with being LAZY. I've worked on it for almost 50 years and it can work if you do it right. I posted a piece on here about a pan that comes from TSC "A Feed Mixing Pan" Its large enough to hold all internal parts of an FE100. Check it out " This Info Could Save Your Life"

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