Tazz
Bronze Member
Bitter ribs? Time to clean it out.
Mine was pretty bad but I found that hitting it with a propane torch first will melt and crystalize the creosote so it can be easily scraped off. Sometimes it just peels off on it's own. If you let it build up you'll usually end up with a bitter taste from the smoke, especially if you run it at a higher than normal temp to speed things up (275 vs 225)
This took me about an hour to clean everything out.
Mine was pretty bad but I found that hitting it with a propane torch first will melt and crystalize the creosote so it can be easily scraped off. Sometimes it just peels off on it's own. If you let it build up you'll usually end up with a bitter taste from the smoke, especially if you run it at a higher than normal temp to speed things up (275 vs 225)
This took me about an hour to clean everything out.