Creosote Removal

[good eats]

In cleaning my Timberline last week I noticed that I in the short time that I've owned it (2 months), is already developing black or dark brown "stalactite-like" formations coming from the exhaust vent on the back of grill. That vent is not accessible through the pit I'm wondering if anyone else in this forum has experienced this problem, and if so, how they handled it? It's not a problem yet, but I can see it becoming a problem in the future.

 

[Like Smoke]

When I got my Texas it was used. The first thing I did was disassemble everything and did a complete clean. The previous owner had never checked the exhaust stack, and when I removed the cap that was up much higher than recommended by Traeger about a 1/3 of the stack had a large of creosote buildup as you have described in yours. I just used the side of a putty knife and it came clean without much work. I am not familiar with your model but I think it has a square exhaust vent. I would find a putty knife or wide blade screw driver and stick it up from the outside and with a little work the build up should come out okay. The build up is brittle and scrapes out pretty easily. Hope this was some help.

 

[caper11]

In cleaning my Timberline last week I noticed that I in the short time that I've owned it (2 months), is already developing black or dark brown "stalactite-like" formations coming from the exhaust vent on the back of grill. That vent is not accessible through the pit I'm wondering if anyone else in this forum has experienced this problem, and if so, how they handled it? It's not a problem yet, but I can see it becoming a problem in the future.

Question for you. Is this a new style timberline.

 

[primeone]

Can you post some photos @good eats ?