Maintenance question

[cogGrease]

Does, or has anyone ever had a mold issue or concern with our SI's? Was curious on everyone's take on cleaning/maintaining their smoker. Just trying to stay ahead of the game.  Thanks.

 

[SuperDave]

As long as you don't leave your water or drip pans inside the smoker after your smoke, you shouldn't have a problem.  I have even left racks in the smoker with food particles on them and not had a problem.  I do, however, wash them before starting my next smoke. 

 

[newmexsmoker]

I wipe the bottom of the smoker out with paper towels and windex every time I am done smoking, add new foil, and ready for the next time.  Very easy

 

[swthorpe]

No problem, just wipe the bottom of the smoker to get rid of residual liquid and you should be fine.  Maybe every three months, I will run the side racks through the dishwasher, but I do clean the racks after every smoke to remove food particles.

 

[Paul Case Luca]

Some clean after every use.

I clean it about once every three months. Routinely change foil. That helps a LOT. Always clean racks and water pan after every smoke... Pretty easy. But when I do it real good... Buy some easy off and spray the bottom pretty liberally. Buy a 4" puddly knife... And leave it with your supplies.

You will find about 20 minutes of real cleaning ever few months is all you need... Aside from the obvious 5 minutes of wipe down and throw away of foil after each smoke.

 

[cogGrease]

Sounds good, thanks all.