3-2-1 go!

[Crummybun]

3 hours of smoking at 180°f.️
2 hours of foil at 225°f ️
Now for 1. Should be eating by 7, guess starting at 11am was a little late.... Can't wait.

 

[hvyhaul]

3 hours of smoking at 180°f.️
2 hours of foil at 225°f ️
Now for 1. Should be eating by 7, guess starting at 11am was a little late.... Can't wait.

Naw........ never too late, gonna be delicious! .

 

[Crummybun]

It was well worth the wait @hvyhaul. Very easy overall, I will definitely do it again. Next time I would like to try the pineapple juice instead of apple juice this recipe called for. We also did asparagus on the Traeger and it was pretty amazing imo.

 

[hvyhaul]

Treagers seem to produce pretty doggone good grub @Crummybun

I recommend using their drip pans and spray cleaner, easy cleaning and the stuff actually works. You'll need the blue shop towels, regular towels just shred to bits.

 

[Crummybun]

Thanks @hvyhaul, I washed what I could in hot soapy water didn't want to use anything to abrasive before I did my homework. I believe the grills are porcelain coated and the drip tray looks like stainless to me. Do you use any type of scrubber or just give it a once over to get the big stuff? Thanks Ben

 

[hvyhaul]

What I do is replace the drip tray (you could use foil but the trays fit really well) when it gets too much gunk on it. I have a metal scraper that I gently use to remove build up and then spray and let sit for a bit and then spray again and wipe it down.

It works on the outside just fine too.

The grates clean surprisingly easily, but I will pressure wash them outside the grill if I needed.

You'll need to clean, scrape the gunk out of the drip channel periodically to avoid possible grease fires.

I change the pail liner before it fills up. Brisket and shoulders release a lot of fat, ribs, chicken etc, not so much.

It's never going to look like it did new, but it will look "kept" lol.

 

[Crummybun]

Yeah as long as I don't have any fires I'll be happy.

 

[hvyhaul]

The grill has canned msgs reminding you of housekeeping tasks, I always deep clean after a brisket or shoulder cook, they're just dirty pieces of meat. LOL

Some msgs won't let you relight until they are cleared from the menu.

 

[Crummybun]

Working up to the brisket. Start with the cheap meats and get my grill legs

 

[hvyhaul]

Here's the tray after smoking the PR bones, next to nothing on it.

Good for more cooks.

 

[Crummybun]

That's not bad. My ribs left a bit more of a mess. In all the excitement I forget to use the complimentary trays that were included.

 

[hvyhaul]

The app is telling me to clean, I just did a deep clean so not worrying about it.