ANdy and Larry,
Welcome to the clan, it's a great place to hang.
When it comes to cleaning. IMHO, don't try and do what I did when I first bought my BS. I treid to make everything look brand new except for the inside of the smoker, simply put, just forget it, it is a loosing battle.
Dis whut I doo mawn,
Before I smoke I spray my racks with PAM or simular. WalMart brand works fine. This does help in the cleaning of them.
After smoking, the only thing I clean well is the racks.
As far as the V-pan, do your best and don't worry about the small stuff or the color of it. I am telling you here, don't waist your time. Clean it so the grease and vents are open and any type stuff you can scrape off.
As far as the catch tray; ditto same thing. I clean the grease(if any) and any loose stuff that it may have on it, forget the silver color~~~it's gone~~~don't worry about it.
As far as the bowl, clean like above. You can scub it each time so it looks new, but what the hay, there is really no reason for this.
As far as the cabinet, thats where I take my time. I start off with good HOT soapy water and I clean the seal and seal contact area very well. I remove the screw from the vent and clean as much as I can of the "stuff" that might be underneith it and clean the "wheel" itself in the water. I wipe out the bottom, then clean the out side.
The smoke generator I remove and clean off the ash-wood stuff and kind of shake any loose woodout of the box and clean it just like the cabinet, I wipe down the ramp and heater and the out outside.
One of the greatest things about the Bradley is how easy it is to clean and keep up. Don't complicate it.
Larry, check out the butt threads around here. Some folks do inject, but I never felt I needed to. If you do the <u>Wrap~~Towl~~Cooler </u>thing, you will probably do more to improve your butt with that step than anything.
SmokeOn,
mski
Perryville, Arkansas
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