Hiya Matt
I know that smell. (sounds like a bad Jr high school game...)
Every so often, Shorty gets a dragony smell.
Not enough to bother us, but it does have a distinctive aroma when you notice it.
But it never sticks around very long either.
I do not notice the outdoor dragons having this smell, but both are in high-ceilinged, well-ventilated (leaky) spaces.
Also, both are first-gen designs; perhaps this is unique to the Shorty design?
An oddball idea might be to place a tin of baking soda through the cleanout door and see if that helps.
13 acres in extreme rural Montana 100% off grid since 1983. Solar and micro hydro. Summer time piggy farmer. Restoring 2000-04 Subaru outbacks wagons for fun and a little profit. Not quite old enough to retire YET but closing on it fast... until then I must occasionally leave Paradise "home" and run large construction cranes on union job sites across the inland northwest. I make (Well try) A-2 A-2 cheese, I love cooking with my wood smoker for everything! Would not live anywhere else but rural Montana ! My wife Liz runs "Rocks by liz" a successful Etsy store and we have a summer booth at the Missoula peoples market. We currently breed and raise persian cats but are about to retire all the girls and let them be happy kittys for the remainder of their days.Oh and my biggest thing is... I LOVE MY RMH !
