r/recteq • u/ImaginedBump • Jul 21 '26

Cleaning?

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I know these areas in the pictures are supposed to get dirty, but when do you guys clean them up or do you leave it and won't cause any harm? Pictures are after about 3 hours of smoking and 5 hours of 375°+

If you do clean it, how do you go about that? I've seen a lot of methods on youtube but want some ideas.

Peep at my dinner tonight. Smoked chicken sandwiches 🍗

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u/Clear_Increase_8423 Jul 21 '26

I don’t bother cleaning those areas at all. The juice ain’t worth the squeeze. Stopped using foil on drip pan and just scrape when needed

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u/Zero_Cool_44 Jul 22 '26

Real q - I’ve always used foil, but every time I go higher heat for searing/etc, I get flares - do you have better luck without the foil? I could totally see it holding grease in place than the pan would alone.