Smokin’

We liked this in a newsletter from Betterbee,  a Vita distributor in the USA:

We put out a call to staff to bring in their own smokers so we could find the best ways to remove layers of creosote. After blocking off the parking lot and setting up fire extinguishers, we had a ball playing with fire. And we identified the two best methods for removing varying degrees of gunk…

My own smoker turned out to be the one most in need of cleaning. Perhaps one reason is that I’ve been using mostly use cedar shavings as fuel, which are very convenient and easy to light. But clearly, they are clogging up my smoker with thick residues and making it harder to use. My smoker is now clean as whistle, so I’ve decided to try some other fuels, particularly the Betterbee Cotton Smoker Fuel. Remnants of that fuel were found in the cleanest, least gunked-up, of all the staff smokers.

What are your own experiences?