"Tutall" > wrote in message
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>
> Was at the barber's recently and met a local pro who sells his 'Q for
> a living. So, my cookers got a skin of smoke residue from a few
> years os use and asked what is easy to use for cleaning. He thought I
> should leave it be, that it's "seasoning".
>
> What say you old dogs? I don't feel that much of a need to clean.

I just scrape the easy stuff one every year or two. Never to really bare
metal.