I'm getting tired of soaking and scrubbing and dishwashing the drip pan.
Any good advice on how to make the clean up easy?
Thanks, Rich
Rich try a little out door grill pam works for me.
I find that if I keep water in it, it cleans pretty easily. It will never be shiney and new looking after a couple of smokes so as long as you remove the grease its OK. Or do mean the v shaped metal plate with vent holes in it? I don't clean mine very often. I'll wipe the grease off if with paper towels if it builds up. To really clean it I just use a metal scraper, such as a dry wall spackler and knock off the big chucks. Then I wash it with soap and water. I don't try to get it 100% clean, not much of a point really.
Dawn Power Dissolve works very well on grease.
I just give it a whack or 2 to get the chunky crusty bits off then run it through my dishwasher. I think a *little* build-up probably contributes to the overall seasoning of the smoker.... over time your own unique flavour will be contributed to by this build-up, but if you've seen WTS's post on smoking his smoker, you'll see what (maybe) too much grease build-up can do!
I bought a large plastic cat litter box (minus the cat litter!) from Walmart. I put the bottom tray, racks, V tray and pan in the plastic box, add water and soap, then let it soak for a while. I then scub the racks with a nylon brush and use a green pad on the other items. The box gets wiped with a paper towel.
I use oven cleaner and put the V-tray in a plastic bag for several hours (in the sun helps). I use a plactic tub to soak every thing else in a solution of Powder Brewery Wash from the Homebrewers Outpost - www.homebrewers.com
Question, does anyone use something other that soap and water to clean their Jerky screens?
I use this for tough caked on grease http://www.sausagemaker.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=148 (http://www.sausagemaker.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=148)
Quote from: aha638 on May 18, 2009, 08:47:51 AM
Question, does anyone use something other that soap and water to clean their Jerky screens?
I run mine (the high temp ones) through the dishwasher, after a soak in the sink and knocking the large chunks off with a sponge.
V-Pan, I just scrape the heavy build up and keep on going. Its seasoned. I cut opening as it gets closed up. And if it looks real bad (maybe once a year or 1.5 years) I just get a new one. I always keep an extra on hand.
I just plop the screens and the v-pan into some hot water and some Tide powered detergent into an old cooler I have. Might get back to it in a day or two , put it in the dishwasher and everything is sparkling clean again. Kind of a lazy way but works for me.
After it gets bad 4-5 smokes I take my V-pan to work and hit it with the 2500 psi zero tip power washer comes out really nice and clean
This is how I do it
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