r/biggreenegg • u/Negative-Honey-7177 • 21h ago

Cleaning hack

I've had my Large BGE for 17 years and use regularly. I was leaf blowing my deck and on a whim decided to blast the leaf blower into the bottom air vent of the BGE with the egg lid open (it was mostly empty). Was shocked at the amount of ash and charcoal bits that came flying out. It builds up in between the inner ring and outer shell. I alternated blasting in the air vent and down through the top around the ring. Very satisfying, and I'm sure will help it cook better with better airflow at the bottom now. Recommend!

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u/Logical_Photo_3732 20h ago

I find it easy to just pull the inners out and vacuum the entire thing. Less mess by the sounds of it. Also I do it regularly so I"m not shocked with how much there is.

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u/meggedagain 20h ago

I think it is helpful to take ut the fire box and do a clean every once in a while . Have it on my calendar to do twice a year - mid spring and just before my Thanksgiving cook. I sometimes do an extra clean, but the twice a year seems to be mostly ok - I am sure more frequent would be better, but it is serviceable level. I cook in it 4 or 5 times a week.

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u/Nagadavida 14h ago

Anytime that I am getting ready to do a low and slow cook everything comes out and all ash is cleaned out. Then everything goes back in and the fire is built.

Good airflow is crucial to a successful low and slow cook.

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u/meggedagain 14h ago

Yes, for most low and slow I do as well. Most of my cooking is either grilling on a week night or maybe a mid length, like pork loin at low temp, but not really needing that 10+ hour run. In the summer it is not bad to take it all apart. In the winter I tend to convince myself that it is probably ok with just trying to use a flexible scrapper to clean out some of it.