the lining on the inside of my smoke vault is flaking and chipping

[cwain8845]

Whats up everyone? Been a good bit since the last time I posted. Been sop busy I hardly have time to sit down. Anyways I think it's starting to ease up finally after the next couple of months here.

Anyway, I have been noticing that the inside of my smoke vault along the walls is flaking and chipping off now and was wondering if anyone has any ideas on what you can use to replace this lining. I have looked at a couple of products and came across some stove brite high temp paint and also some high temp silicone coating.

Any suggestions?

[Fire Art]

A good cleaning

[Donw]

I would just go with a good cleaning and reseason everything. Camp Chef has this to say:

"Never apply additional paint to the interior of the smoker. If rust is present on the interior of the smoker, clean it thoroughly with steel wool or emery cloth and lightly coat the area with cooking oil or cooking spray to help minimize recurring rust."

[cwain8845]

Ok. I don't have any visible rust on it. I was just concerned about the lining flaking away. I normally give me smoker and grills a good thorough "spring cleaning" 2-3 times a year and the last time I cleaned out my smoke vault was when the lining started to flake. I did not season the smoker last time or the time before that so that may be a reason. Thanks Donw and Fire Art

[Fire Art]

It’s probably most likely smoke and grease it looks just like paint peeling. I use scoring pad then vacuum and washes with a wet rag good as new

[cwain8845]

Exactly what i do as well

[JGo37]

Easy Off and a Pressure Wash? Doable?

[Huskee]

I use either a drywall knife, putty knife, or old credit card to scrape the scale off. Scale is those black flakes that look like paint peeling and make large pepper-like decorations on your meat. A wad of foil works too.

[Ahumadora]

Don't use chemicals inside the pit. Good old fashioned elbow grease with a paint scraper to remove the crud then straight into a cooking a big greasy hunk o meat. flaking of the carbon deposits is normal. scrape regrease, drink more beer. Don't sweat it. lifes too short.

[Henrik]

Some wise words indeed.

[Razor]

I prefer using plastic putty knives to scrape flakeing grease and soot.

[Craigar]

I use a 69¢ Red Devil plastic putty knife and it works great.