Cleaning

[gary_CO]

Hey iceman and pzimmerm, question for you on your modification...

This sounds like a great idea cause I always have to go hunting for a screwdriver when I want to clean mine. What I'm having a tough time picturing is how you've setup. Since the smoker tower hole for the vent screw is threaded, are you guys using a smaller diameter screw, drilling out the female threaded area, putting the head of screw on on inside of the tower and placing the nut(s) on the outside? I'm confused. Thanks.

[icerat4]

Can you post pick of this set up.Ice or pzimmerm thanks my vent is all screwed up.But from what i see out here the vent should be open at all time so ya dont have problems with the generator.Boy am i tired.

[ChefBill]

I've got a mod I wanted to do to my vent too. I found a piece of 1/8" thick non-stick and I'm going to duplicate the vent holes and stick it to the vent cover to see if that'll stop the da*n thing from sticking. >:( Man that cresote is hell to clean off anyway.

Could just make a rotary damper like an old wood stove too. Only have to stick up like 1 to 1-3/4" above top of smoker.. May have to do some engineering on that and see.. ???

Love tinkering with the Bradley, Already got fan installed to keep temperature equal inside from top to bottom and circulate the smoke. No More rack changing when it's full.. ;D

[Habanero Smoker]

I've got a mod I wanted to do to my vent too. I found a piece of 1/8" thick non-stick and I'm going to duplicate the vent holes and stick it to the vent cover to see if that'll stop the da*n thing from sticking. >:( Man that cresote is hell to clean off anyway.

If you use alcohol it will dissolve the creosote fairly easily. Just make sure that your smoker has cooled off, unless you need to create a flash fire  ;D

[owrstrich]

thanks habsmo...

if i ever get black lung ill inhale some tequilla...

you gotta eat...

owrstrich

[iceman]

Sorry I didn't catch your question earlier. I just drilled the hole out and went all the way through with a small bolt and nyloc nut.

Hey iceman and pzimmerm, question for you on your modification...

This sounds like a great idea cause I always have to go hunting for a screwdriver when I want to clean mine. What I'm having a tough time picturing is how you've setup. Since the smoker tower hole for the vent screw is threaded, are you guys using a smaller diameter screw, drilling out the female threaded area, putting the head of screw on on inside of the tower and placing the nut(s) on the outside? I'm confused. Thanks.

[iceman]

The last time I went out with a bottle of alcohol I forgot what I was doing so I had to sit down and drink it while I was trying to remember what I was doing. Then I had to go back inside and reload the bottle. I'll be danged if I forgot what for and It started all over again. I hate it when that happens! ::) :o ;D

I've got a mod I wanted to do to my vent too. I found a piece of 1/8" thick non-stick and I'm going to duplicate the vent holes and stick it to the vent cover to see if that'll stop the da*n thing from sticking. >:( Man that cresote is hell to clean off anyway.

If you use alcohol it will dissolve the creosote fairly easily. Just make sure that your smoker has cooled off, unless you need to create a flash fire  ;D

[Habanero Smoker]

thanks habsmo...

if i ever get black lung ill inhale some tequilla...

you gotta eat...

owrstrich

Well that was way above and beyond what I was thinking, but that's gotta work. ;D

On another note. After getting my BS out of storage, I noticed a lot of flaking inside the cabinet so I decided to "reseason" it. After seasoning I was wiping down the door seal (with alcohol) and I notice at the bottom the seal was sagging (not from the alcohol). When I inspected it, I learned there are two aluminum tabs that should be bent at a 90 degree angle to hold the seal up. One of the tabs had straighten out, or was never installed properly to begin with.  It was easy to bend, so I bent it up and now the seal is almost as straight as when I first got it. So that may be another thing you may want to check if the bottom seal appears to be sagging.

[manxman]

So that may be another thing you may want to check if the bottom seal appears to be sagging.

Quite a few women on this side of the pond may be interested in this advice, I think they are "butts" in the US but backsides, bums etc are also called bottoms over here as well and I know of quite a lot of sagging ones!! ;D

Joking apart my bottom is also sagging (on my BS!) so thanks for the advice Habs.

I didn't use my BS for a couple of months over the worst of the winter and also found flaking when I came to use it, I used a (new) paintbrush to brush over the inside of the smoker to break them off then blew them all away with some canned air, got rid of the flaky bits a treat. It was not that bad that I had to reseason, my main concern was bits flaking off when smoking and landing on the food.

[Habanero Smoker]

I thought it was safe to post, because Kirk was on vacation, but you seem to be filling in his role quite nicely.  ;D

Flaking onto the food was my main concern also. It seems that the coating must get dried out if not used on a regular basis. I wished I had thought about using a brush. I used crumbled newspaper and lightly "scrubbed" the sides.

[manxman]

I thought it was safe to post, because Kirk was on vacation, but you seem to be filling in his role quite nicely

Mmmmm..... not sure whether that is a good or bad thing! ;D

Just nice to have a laugh to brighten up the day, sort of a universal language in a way.