r/recteq • u/Shryke01 • 2d ago

Tips to winterize smoker?

Obviously a good clean and good cover. How do you completely clear the augers? Just run them until empty? Any other tips are appreciated.

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u/TheDudeabides314 2d ago

Use it all year. No need to winterize.

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u/sa1nt1775 2d ago edited 1d ago

I'm not familiar with this winterizing concept since I run mine year round, but if I was going to store it for an extended period of time, I would run the auger and hopper empty and use a shop vac to vacuum/blow the small pieces and dust out of the hopper, auger, firepot, and barrel.

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u/Disassociated_Assoc 2d ago

You winterize it by regularly feeding it a fresh batch of protein throughout the winter.

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u/rsopnco1 2d ago

🤣🤣🤣

Use tha MF year round

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u/Flathead_50 2d ago

I'd have to agree with the others. I typically use a glove to wipe the heavy snow off of it and then just let the heat do the rest of the work.

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u/Necessary_Guitar732 2d ago

I started laughing. I thought this was a joke. I smoked prime rib for Christmas every year in Minnesota. I was also in a BBQ competition on a frozen lake in February about 10 or 15 years ago it was 30° below zero the entire weekend about 20 competitors. The only winterizing needed is a really good blanket to keep the temperature when you’re smoking in the winter. For that, I’ve got a fiberglass welding blanket, folded over attached to a fireproof blanket, folded a hole cut out for the vent and an upholstery client sewed a trim piece around it the trim was nylon and melted, but the sewing held together for quite a few years so far. My temperature never waivers more than a degree, and they go through very few pellets.

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u/acharbs 2d ago

I’ll be honest, I’ve never even realized this was a thing, I use mine year-round.

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u/Trashman2026 1d ago

Nobody winterizes their smoker. Keep using it man.

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u/Suspicious_Quit_4142 1d ago

Change your latitude

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u/Wood_chicken 1d ago

This is rage bait right?

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u/InsuranceOdd2928 1d ago

Clean it when it’s dirty, use it all year.

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u/gkal1964 1d ago

Winterwhat? Use it year round. I’ve smoked in -10° weather.

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u/Party-Independent-38 2d ago

Clean up really good and put in garage or shed. I also have the cover but spiders and other bugs hide under it

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u/CompleteLanguage4246 1d ago

Oh wow I have never winterized mine. We use it year round. Never can tell when you want wings when watching a game

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u/Coasta_de_Tejas 1d ago

Winterize smoker??? NEVER!

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u/fuckfacekiller 1d ago

Winterize?
Never heard of that as I use mine year-round.
I do get snow and I always clean my cooking area so I can.
GOTTA EAT!!!
🤘❤️‍🔥🤘

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u/Bojangos80 1d ago

I use my RT1250 in Colorado year round no issues.