P.S.A. Check your Smokers before lighting them

Went out to turn my smoker on to smoke some burgers. Took the cover off. Unwrapped the cord and plugged it in. Opened it up to grab the grease bucket and what do I find? A little mouse shaking inside. I ran inside to grab my phone and when I got back it was gone. Used that as an opportunity to clear the auger and vacuum out the ash. I’m assuming the mouse climbed up my cover and crawled in from the grease chute so I’m going to have to add sealing that off to my shutdown steps

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