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Copyright 2015 by Southern Pride Distributing, LLC Volume 2
ASH REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. The ashes should be handled in accordance with NFPA® 96.
2. After each cook cycle, remove the remaining wood, ash and hot coals from woodchip boxes. Use heat re-
sistant gloves while handling woodchip boxes, ash container, and ash removal tools.
3. Place small lots of them in a noncombustible corrosion resistant pan and spray with water. A noncombus-
tible corrosion resistant pan should be kept just outside the smoker for this purpose.
4. Once wood and ash have been sprayed, place them in a heavy metal container with a tight fitting metal lid
(16 gauge minimum, capacity not to exceed 20 gallon). This container shall be assigned for this one pur-
pose, shall be able to be handled easily by any employee assigned the task, and shall pass easily through
any passageway to the outside of the building. The container shall always be covered when it is being
moved through the premises. When any hole occurs in a container from corrosion or damage, the contain-
er shall be repaired or replaced immediately.
5.
The ashes should be carried to a separate heavy metal container (or dumpster), outside the premises, that is
used exclusively for the purpose of hot ash storage.
GREASE REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Immediately empty the grease pan after each cook cycle.
CAUTION: Grease will be hot.
2. Grease should be poured into an approved grease recycling bin.
WOOD STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS
The solid fuel should be stored in accordance with NFPA® 96.
WARNING
Never
empty
ash/coals
from
the smoker into a common trash dumpster. Embers from ash/
coals
could
ignite
materials resulting in a fire.
CAUTION
Be sure smoker product loading door is secured in the closed position immediately
following a cook cycle and during non-use periods.
WARNING
Do not remove the drain pan while the
smoker is still in operation or while
burning wood and hot coals are still in
the woodchip boxes.