How to season a Masterbuilt propane smoker

How to season a Masterbuilt propane smoker is a very confusing concept. Not specific to the Masterbuilt brand, but with any other smoker, the first thought that comes in mind with ‘seasoning a smoker’ is to sprinkle some pepper and salt over something. That obviously sounds ridiculous and doesn’t relate with the subject concept here in any possible manner. The concept here with seasoning a propane smoker is more with its preparedness.

Some people also think that it is required to enable it with a smooth and non-sticky finish, but this is not the prime requirement in seasoning. There is actually another important principle of smoking that food shouldn’t touch the surface of the smoker and this also wraps somewhere under the same idea. The concept of seasoning a smoker is also alternately known as curing or pre-seasoning.

Masterbuilt smoker and the value it adds to smoking after seasoning:

A lot of smoking experts and enthusiasts are of the opinion that there is smoked foodstuff and then there are Masterbuilt smoked items. All this carries a lot of difference as smoked food from Masterbuilt has its class apart and it truly differs from many other propane smokers coming from different manufacturers. Seasoning after the brand is another crucial factor that plays a pivotal role in developing the taste and also for making the maintenance and cooking process quite easy and smooth.

 You may try a lot of different things during the seasoning process, such as customizing the flavor profile of you smoked food by alternating the water pan with the trip tray (wood). The temperature gauge (built-in and the chrome-coated racks inside the Masterbuilt unit provides the much needed finishing touches in the electric smoker. Once the entire seasoning and assembling of the Masterbuilt unit is done in an ideal manner, then get ready for the unlimited smoked taste, lots of smoking experiment and finally the best in the town smoked goodness.

When to season your Masterbuilt Propane Smoker?

One should remember and understand here that the key to getting the delicious smoked taste you’re your smoker depends on the cleanliness of your smoking unit. A properly cleaned smoker would be able to generate the heat much more consistently or just as required and that would eventually influence the taste. This is one critical way in which seasoning is associated with the taste developed through a propane o any other smoker.

 Irrespective of the manufacturer or type of the smoker, seasoning s required to be done only once for the lifetime of the smoker. It is once done initially when you buy the smoker and/ or setting up or assembling the unit for first use. Then there are other seasonings or cleaning methods such as steam cleaning which could be done either before or after the smoking session every time.

Things you will need for seasoning your Masterbuilt propane smoker:

Before we jump onto the steps involved in performing seasoning of Masterbuilt propane smoker, let us first identify the things we would need for the seasoning purpose. The following is how that list goes:

• Wire Brush for cleaning the stainless steel material cooking racks.
• Scrapping tool for the sake of sparring down of the drip pan
• Your propane smoker from Masterbuilt in unassembled form

Seasoning a Masterbuilt propane smoker:

A lot of people believes that they would get everything they need about seasoning from the Masterbuilt user manual, but this doesn’t always happen. Actually, due to the sophisticated system, a lot of questions comes in the mind of the user, which are not directly answered in the manual. Seasoning for almost any propane smoker is done in the same manner. However, here we will be precisely talking about Masterbuilt smokers when undergoing the seasoning process. The following are the basic steps discussed at a glance that are to be followed:

• Initial cleaning of the racks and interior is required to be done, which is followed up by air drying job.
• The cooking oil needs to be applied only to the doors from inside and the cooking grates.
• 2 cups of the wood chips (soaked) should be added into the flame bowl and the burner should then be fired up.
• Keep on burning the propane smoker for good 30 minutes at a temperature of 400 degrees F.
• Keeping the vent open or close is optional. However, the open vent is preferable in case of Masterbuilt propane smokers.
• Shut down and let the propane smoker cool down completely.
• Reapply the cooking oil (just as before) and let the smoker burn for another 20 minutes.
• You may look to coat most of the interior, of course except the burner.
• Make sure to wipe out or dump off any ash that gets produced within the Masterbuilt propane smoker.

Once all the above is ensured then your smoker is all ready to give you the best smoking taste of your recipe with far easy maintenance and cleaning required post smoking. 

Ease with post-cleaning after smoking:

If you have done the hard work in the seasoning stage right at the time of assembling your unit then you will be a lot at ease with the cleaning process after each of your smoking session. This is true because, with the use of steam cleaning process, you will not require much cleaning effort. Once the steam cleaning is done after smoking, then it is highly recommended to opt for a quick mist in order to wipe off any dust on or around the propane smoker.   

Final Note:

How to season a Masterbuilt propane smoker or how to up your smoking game is all dependent upon how good your smoker is and how well planned you are with its seasoning. Seasoning is a one time job that you need to ensure right at the time after purchasing your Masterbuilt smoker. The above discussion and the instructions mentioned in the Masterbuilt manual could help with an easy seasoning of the Masterbuilt propane smoker.