Smoker seasoning

[SuperDave]

I watched an episode of Man, Fire, Food last night and there was a piece on smoker seasoning.  The guy in the show had lost one of his smokers to a fire and had to replace it.  They had seasoned the new smoker a few times and did a food test between food smoked on that smoker versus one of the old units.  The results were that the food tastes were clearly discernible between the 2 per blind taste testing.  It might make you think twice about ever cleaning the inside of your smoker. 

 

[elkins20]

I am leaving just wiping out the bottom out and the rest is just seasoning. I do clean the racks with a wire brush prior to smoking.