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edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
After cooking on the egg, mold will sometimes gather on the grill or other places inside the egg after a few days. A friend of mine has also experienced this same problem. Can anybody help with a solution to prevent this from happening? thanks, the egg man.
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  • Nature Boy
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    Iamthe,
    I don't have that problem, you must be in a very humid area. Maybe opening the top on clear days to dry it out occassionally. Or use it more often! A good high temp burn will clean it up real good. Cook some pizza![p]That's all I can think of. I assume you have the clay top on tight, and the bottom vent closed, and moisture is still getting in.[p]Good luck. Maybe some others with similar problems have found a solution that works for them.
    NB
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  • Char-Woody
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    Iamthe, yeeeeeaaaah...Daily cooks..Thats a common problem in high humidity climates and it really isn't one..Just pre heat your egg before cooking and its all ash and no problem. Give your grill a quick whisk with a copper brush and grill away..or ??
    C~W[p]
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    Nature Boy, thats almost double talk..:-)

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  • Nature Boy
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    Char-Woody,
    Dang. Ya almost took my head off!! Near collision.
    Same wavelength too with the answers![p]
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    If you shut your bottom damper when finished cooking and cleaning (brushing the food grate)and just leave your top open a crack for ten minutes (approx.) This will allow moisture from food to evaporate up chiminey reducing Mold potential.
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  • Mike Oelrich
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    Iamthe,[p] I had the same problem with my small egg this spring. I cooked during the first day of a week-long rainy period. I didn't clean the BGE after cooking. Right now my small sits low to the ground (still trying to decide on a table design for the little guy) with a cover on it. After the week of rain ended, I opened up the BGE and there was blue mold all over it. Now, I do a short high temperature burn after cooking to get rid of most of the potential mold food in the BGE and make a point to take the cover off for a while after rain storms to let it dry out a bit. Haven't had a mold problem since.[p]MikeO
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