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  • weave1499
    weave1499
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    • Jul 2017
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    • Bear DE
    #1

    Tricks for cleaning stacks/

    Wondering if anybody has a good tool or trick to recommend for cleaning the inside of the smoke stack on an offset. All the other maintenance stuff has been pretty simple, but the soot/carbon is starting to build inside the stack and I'd like to get it cleaned out. Thanks.
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  • RonB
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    #2
    I don't have a stick burner, but a chimney brush comes to mind:

    https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb...=140ZWGBLND5LV
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    • JeffJ
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      JeffJ commented
      June 7, 2018, 10:39 AM
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      My younger son once went Trick or Treating as a chimney sweep. Your chimney brush comment triggered that memory.
  • DWCowles
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    • Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
    #3
    Burn it out by starting a small fire beneath it.
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    • Nate
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      Welcome from Indiana

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      • jlazar
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        #5
        Something like this.

        https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IB4BMDQ...a-275173922103

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        • Donw
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          • Jul 2017
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          #6
          A stack sized ball of aluminum foil pushed through several times with the handle of a softball bat. After bend grab with pliers and pull out.
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          • Huskee
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            #7
            I couldn't find any of the right sized chimney brushes for mine, or they had weak looking plastic bristles meant for dry vents, so similar to DonW, I made a big wad of aluminum foil and stuck it tightly to the end of a good sized stick. It worked pretty well for several up & down scrubs. I tightened it on again and went for more once it loosened. It did the job on the dirt cheap.
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            • SmokeyGator
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              SmokeyGator commented
              June 8, 2018, 10:44 AM
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              Use a compass to draw a circle just a hair smaller than the stack diameter on some 1/2 inch plywood. Cut the circle out. Glue and screw it to a wood handle.
          • weave1499
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            • Jul 2017
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            • Bear DE
            #8
            Thanks everybody. I had the same issue as others in terms of not being able to find a combo of stiff bristles and a size that fit. The foil ball trick worked well though. Made a few passes down the stack and it definitely scraped off a good bit of crud. I did burn a tumbleweed inside the base of the stack first to loosen it up too. That will be my annual technique now. Thanks again!

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