30 minutes ago, weinoo said:
This is a closed device as well...but I seriously don't know why cleanup, as it relates to smokers, drives everyone so batty. Take a look at @Norm Matthews set up...my guess is Norm isn't overly worried about cleanup!
The first thing I was told by the maker was to fire up the smoker a couple of times while it was empty to get the smoker tempered with a coating from the fire. It is supposed it be "smoked" inside. I clean the racks every time I use them with SOS in the sink. I usually clean the convection plate by scraping it with a putty knife maybe three times a year and scrape the excess out of the bottom once a year. I never gave a thought about the smoke build up inside. The metal is a quarter inch thick and not supposed to ever burn or rust through, at least not for at least several decades.
