Cleaning firepot

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I am putting together my 590 right now . I am pretty excited about this new purchase. Any advice on the easiest way to clean out the fire pot?
 
A lot of us use a Bucket Head (Home Depot) or similar vacuum. I have one for ash and one for pellets though I rarely vacuum out any pellets.
 
Did not know that cleaning out the hopper after every 4-5 bags was the recommendation. I’m guilty of this.
 
I use the bucket head vacuum (little thing) to vacuum out my hopper what I’m not able to get out with my scoop. I keep all my opened bags of pellets in clean Home Depot paint buckets w/lids. So the bucket head simply puts them directly where I store them.

I use my bigger shop vac, with bag, to vacuum my fire pit and cooking chamber. I’ve just did a total cleanup on my 700. My new game plan is to vacuum the fire pot regularly (monthly?) and do the total chamber cleanup twice a year. I’m hearing ash in the bottom of the barrel can be a good thing. I’ll see how that goes,
 
I am putting together my 590 right now . I am pretty excited about this new purchase. Any advice on the easiest way to clean out the fire pot?
I'm real high-tech (at the day job lol)... use a spoon to clean the fire pot every ~5 or so cooks on my RT-1250.
 
I'm real high-tech (at the day job lol)... use a spoon to clean the fire pot every ~5 or so cooks on my RT-1250.
Tell us about the spoon. Tablespoon, teaspoon, wooden spoon, or plastic spoon? Details, gotta have details 🤣
 
I am putting together my 590 right now . I am pretty excited about this new purchase. Any advice on the easiest way to clean out the fire pot?
Oh, it's very simple. Too many people making too big of a deal out of it. First off, the fire pot for the most part, is self-cleaning. Typically, after every 3 to 4 cooks you just want to take your fingers and remove all of the excess out that you can. Wear gloves if you absolutely must but is not required. You just don't want too much ash building up to the point it interferes with the ignition as the igniter sits at the very bottom.
 
A lot of us use a Bucket Head (Home Depot) or similar vacuum. I have one for ash and one for pellets though I rarely vacuum out any pellets.
I live in a very humid climate. Should I empty the hopper after every cook or only if I'm not going to use it for a couple of weeks?
 
I live in a very humid climate. Should I empty the hopper after every cook or only if I'm not going to use it for a couple of weeks?
I would not think so, the humidity around my place stays between 94 to 98%all summer and I have not had a problem in two years. Mind you I don’t go all summer without burning pellets.
 
Sorry but I think we are off the rails from the OP 😬
 
I live in a very humid climate. Should I empty the hopper after every cook or only if I'm not going to use it for a couple of weeks?
In my experience...No. I live in CHS. Gets pretty humid here. I only clean out my hopper about twice a year when I do my thorough cleaning. I leave pellets in the hopper. My 700 is not covered but is on my screen porch. My "sacred cow" is in storing my pellets. They're in the garage. Unopened bags are on a rack off the cement floor of my garage. Opened but not yet used pellets are stored in 5-gallon paint buckets from Home Depot...with lids. I put the empty bag on top inside the bucket so I know what pellets are in it.

I clean out the firepot about every 4 - 5 cooks. I used to vacuum out the cooking chamber, of ash, at the same time. But I'm just starting to leave that ash in the barrel and will just clean that up when I do my two (late spring and late fall) thorough cleanups.
 
Outlawed McDonald's plastic flatty one (that some used for white powder purposes) :p
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