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Mold?

ToTheMax
ToTheMax Posts: 150
edited October 2018 in EggHead Forum
Is this normal? How do I get it off? I cranked the heat up to 500F, but didn't seem to burn it off (yet)... I threw the daisy wheel into the charcoals, tried to use a ball of foil on the dome -- it made it better -- but I can still see some of the white stuff...








Backstory is that it's been raining, and my work schedule changed, I haven't used the BGE in a couple months. Open it up today and see that...
Northern Virginia
LBGE ~'14
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,232
    edited October 2018
    Burn it off. Let the egg cool down and clean the egg and grates with the aluminum foil and then do another clean burn. I had to do it a couple months ago on my rarely used XL. 
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Good Lord! I was out of town for three (summer) months a while back and mine had some mold - but nothing like that!! Burn it off and cook more often!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • ToTheMax
    ToTheMax Posts: 150
    edited October 2018
    *bows head in shame and walks off*

    I'll see what it looks like tomorrow morning, I'll clean it up and fire it up again.

    Thanks
    Northern Virginia
    LBGE ~'14
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,232
    ToTheMax said:
    *bows head in shame and walks off*

    I'll see what it looks like tomorrow morning, I'll clean it up and fire it up again.

    Thanks
    No shame. Life happens. 
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  • BGEChicago
    BGEChicago Posts: 575
    Would a 10% maybe 15% bleach solution then inferno do the trick?? 
    Chicago, IL BGE XL BGE Mini Webber Charcoal / Elmhurst, IL
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,833
    DoubleEgger said:
    ToTheMax said:
    *bows head in shame and walks off*

    I'll see what it looks like tomorrow morning, I'll clean it up and fire it up again.

    Thanks
    No shame. Life happens. 
    Yep, this year my XXL has molded up quite frequently. It happens. Forget to clean it out after cooking and it happens more frequently.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • njl
    njl Posts: 1,123
    Those of you who've had mold...do you not end each cook with running up to high temps before shutting it down?
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    njl said:
    Those of you who've had mold...do you not end each cook with running up to high temps before shutting it down?
    I never do that. Never heard of anyone else doing it either. Waste of lump. And the only mold I've ever had took three summer months out of town.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • ToTheMax
    ToTheMax Posts: 150
    I never run it hot after I'm done. 

    I scrape the grates clean, put in the daisy wheel, shut down the grill.

    This is my first mold in... 3+ years with the egg.
    Northern Virginia
    LBGE ~'14
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,244
    As above regarding how to get rid of it but this has been quite a wet spring/summer around here.  I recently returned from almost three weeks of no egging, figuring to open 'em up to mold but none present.  Contrary to many here I do use a cover and while they are outside, they are under a roof.  FWIW-

    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Had to de-mold my XL a couple weeks ago.  It happens.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • dsrguns
    dsrguns Posts: 421
    I’ve had mold issues to deal with this year as well. I’m pretty sure the above average wet weather this year is the culprit. As mentioned above just burn it off and clean up with aluminum foil. 
      
    XL BGE
    MD
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  • Edaddy0
    Edaddy0 Posts: 2
    edited October 2018
    I have never experienced mold in my XL, but I cook on it regularly. I almost always let temp go up after each cook for about 30 minutes before snuffing it out. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    451 Fahrenheit doesn't cut it.  (remember the book?). 

    Crank it to 600-700. 30 minutes should do it.
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I grow mold in my large that gets less use.  The gasket is also nonexistent which only speeds along the process.  Installing the newly acquired Rutland should help.

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    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    Mold needs moisture and food to eat.  Clean the egg of food before leaving it for long periods in humid conditions.  Mold can be cleaned by burning it up - no bleach is necessary.  Just needs high enough temps and time to burn up all the organic material inside the egg (500ºF or above works fine).  Mold on the gasket will not get enough heat to burn up and other methods will be needed for the gasket.
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
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