rdgray6382
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OK.. Two cooks in on my new Laredo. Noticed an issue.. 1st cook was some baby back ribs.. 3-2-1 sauced at end.. Ribs came out really nice. never used sear plate. Smoker was really clean afterward.. even grates took hardly any cleaning, I didn't touch anything else in cooker. Last weekend decided to smoke some chicken halves.. getting things together immediately noticed the sear plates frozen shut. Easy enough, figured it was oil or sauce that had it stuck.. fired it up and after is was hot the plates unfroze.. so started the halves.. smoked them to temp... sauced them. And cranked the heat up to finish 10-15 mins later wanted to give them a quick sear and the plates were frozen solid.. at 300 degrees yet? I figure I know what's causing this? But is there some tips or tricks to keep this from occurring.. would have sucked had I been reverse searing some steaks which I intend to do soon. Thanks for the help.