tony b Posted November 11, 2016 Report Posted November 11, 2016 19 hours ago, Syzygies said: Try sealing the grates in a contractor trash bag, along with a bowl of ammonia. While ammonia is OK to clean stainless steel, Syz's suggestion is a standard one for cleaning oven racks, a word of caution if you're planning on trying the PBW (or Oxyclean) - " Because ammonia reacts with bleach, it should never be used on any surface that might also be cleaned with bleach at some point in the near future. Even when they are not mixed directly, the chemical traces left by one could interact with the other, leading to very serious results. " While this refers more to chlorine based bleaches (Clorox), I don't know how safe it would be to mix ammonia with an oxygen based bleach like Oxyclean or PBW?? Just be careful.
Pequod Posted November 12, 2016 Report Posted November 12, 2016 Soaking my cold smoker in PBW today. The water is already pretty brown after two hours, so hoping for good results tomorrow AM.
