Who keeps a “ dirty/ seasoned “ bbq pit

[softpoint]

Lots of places clean their pits to make sure they don't have a grease fire and burn their place down, not to make their food taste better.

I knew of a place that did just that. Big quantity of grease in the bottom caught fire and burned the place down.

[BlackHogDown]

IMO, anything BBQ-related written by Texas Monthly is suspect. Liberal Mag full of BS.

Like previously mentioned, they have to clean the pits for liability reasons.

Yup... as soon as I see Texas Monthly "BBQ Blah blah," I immediately disregard/ignore. We were at a bbq event for my GF's office a couple weeks ago and a few were discussing the list of Top BBQ places. I walked up as she explained to the small group, "There's no Snow's. There's no Franklin. Have you noticed that not a single place on the list is over a few years old?"

Lol sure she was just regurgitating my bbq-snobbish ramblings but still... "That's my girl!"

In regards to cleaning, I just do a bit of scraping of built up grease where I can reach it. Learned that lesson the hard way. Came back from a dove hunt to realize that the entire wood pile burnt up... along with the chicken. If the sprinkler hadn't been on near the house, It could've gotten ugly.

[DRT]

Seasoned but not stupid dirttand greasy.

Gary

[TxBowHntr]

We noticed our bbq was not as good as it once was, and decided to clean our pit. Took a cactus burner to the inside and scraped it down afterwards. Meat output came back strong so now we do it every 15-20 cooks or so.

[fbchunter]

I scrape mine out every few cooks but I wouldn’t call it clean. Mainly just getting excess grease out.

Same. Mine has a drain plug on the end I take out while cooking and tilt the pit which helps as well

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Did you read the article? As it seems like some of the places that I really like seem to keep the creosote/ greasy mess cleaned out regular

Yes I did.

Guess I will clean mine. LOL.

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Yup... as soon as I see Texas Monthly "BBQ Blah blah," I immediately disregard/ignore. We were at a bbq event for my GF's office a couple weeks ago and a few were discussing the list of Top BBQ places. I walked up as she explained to the small group, "There's no Snow's. There's no Franklin. Have you noticed that not a single place on the list is over a few years old?"

Lol sure she was just regurgitating my bbq-snobbish ramblings but still... "That's my girl!"

In regards to cleaning, I just do a bit of scraping of built up grease where I can reach it. Learned that lesson the hard way. Came back from a dove hunt to realize that the entire wood pile burnt up... along with the chicken. If the sprinkler hadn't been on near the house, It could've gotten ugly.

I am betting they were discussing the article they had recently about NEW bbq joints.

[Dale Moser]

I caught that sob on fire one time, and I promise you that is not how you want to clean it!

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

I caught my gas grill on fire one time. I swear that was the best grilled chicken that ever came off that thing. LOL.

[AntlerCollector]

Mine has been seasoned over fifty years. As soon as I light it you would swear there's a smoked brisket in it almost done.

[Smell the Glove]

Mine gets scraped and cleaned once a year.

[Mexico]

I caught that sob on fire one time, and I promise you that is not how you want to clean it!

Pics, we need pics

[Bullseye07]

The first place they mention is Smokey Joes which I work 1/4 mile from. Had it several times since they reopened(after a fire). It is ok at best.


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[Dale Moser]

Who keeps a “ dirty/ seasoned “ bbq pit

Pics, we need pics

I didn’t own a camera at the time, and they sure didn’t have them on phones.

It was HOT, and that stuff burned forever making nasty black smoke.


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[Dirtymike]

I just burn one of those Chimney cleaning logs every spring. Works like a champ