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MrCookingNurse
MrCookingNurse Posts: 4,665
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That's it, I give up.  Had a beautiful spatchcock chicken ready to go on the egg.  Went out to open the large and fire her up..... Slap full of mold!!!! Lit it anyway to do a clean burn, opened the small.... Same exact thing.  Im sick of this. Any reasonable offer will be entertained.


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  • Hokie_Smoker
    Hokie_Smoker Posts: 662
    How about three fitty?

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    Johnson, Navin R... Sounds like a typical bastard.

     

    Belmont, NC

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  • Jackh
    Jackh Posts: 109
    Three fifty one
    Lg&Sm ---Middleport NY
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  • KennyLee
    KennyLee Posts: 806
    Wow....where are you located?  Hate to hear that.  Haven't had that happen to mine, at least not yet.  Do you cover them, leave them uncovered? 

    LBGE

    Cedar table w/granite top

    Ceramic Grillworks two-tier swing rack

    Perpetual cooler of ice-cold beer

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  • jccbone62
    jccbone62 Posts: 248
    Is there some way to prevent mold? I mean besides regular cooking
    XL owner in Wichita, KS
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    Leave bottom vent slightly cracked so a little airflow
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • MrCookingNurse
    MrCookingNurse Posts: 4,665
    @chubbs

    Cover or no cover? I have a cover on the large, thought it was helping.  I have not been able to cook as much as I was, and my new house the eggs are out in the elements. Been a very moist summer. 


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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    The mold will burn off next time you cook, rust on gassers is more of a problem.  hang around and enjoy the BGE's!
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  • danv23
    danv23 Posts: 960
    I leave the bottom and top vents (thank you eggware chimney cap) wide open and it has all but taken care of the problem.  I'm in GA where it rains every single f'in day, so I know of what I speak.

    The Dude: This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber.

    Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! *uck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. 

    Cumming, GA

    Eggs - XL, L, Small

    Gasser - Blaze 5 Burner

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  • Hankyorke
    Hankyorke Posts: 146
    Where are you located?

    LBGE

    BTFU!

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  • Gogogordy
    Gogogordy Posts: 460
    As a former boat owner I would recommend this: http://dampp-chaser.com/benefits.php
    When I'm not Eggin', I'm scootin'   Eggin' and 'cueing from Temecula Ca; an hour from San Diego, an hour and five minutes from Palm Springs, and an hour and a half from Los Angeles (yeah, right. With THAT traffic?)
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  • GK59
    GK59 Posts: 501
    MrCN. Post a photo of this mold. I never had it in mine.Our is out in the MI weather all year and covered most of the time. I use it every weekend for Saturday/Sunday cooks. 
    I've had water bleed out before,never mold. 
    Thanks

    Smitty's Kid's BBQ

    Bay City,MI

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  • BigGreenBamaGriller
    BigGreenBamaGriller Posts: 629
    $351.50
    Killen, AL (The Shoals)
    XL, Small, Minimax, and Mini BGEs
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    MCN, you done gone and lost you mind!!! Fire them eggs up to nuclear and show em who's boss :D

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • Aviator
    Aviator Posts: 1,757
    Throw a b'Jolokia on the hot coals and close the lid. :D

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    Large and Small BGE, Blackstone 36 and a baby black Kub.

    Chattanooga, TN.

     

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  • Aquacop
    Aquacop Posts: 481
    MrCookingNurse
    MrCookingNurse said:
    That's it, I give up.  Had a beautiful spatchcock chicken ready to go on the egg.  Went out to open the large and fire her up..... Slap full of mold!!!! Lit it anyway to do a clean burn, opened the small.... Same exact thing.  Im sick of this. Any reasonable offer will be entertained.
    No way you are giving in that easily, the forum needs you and we will all figure this out together!

    Fellow EggHeads, lets all do some research and come up with the best way to assist our shipmate, surely he is not the only one that has experienced this. I live in GA and have never had mold, egg stays in the elements 365 days a year. 

    MrCookingNurse - please provide all pertinent information, Region - weather, location of eggs etc..., any info that will assist us in helping you! Hold the line and have a delicious liquid beverage. We will figure this out!
    LBGE 2013 Located in Savannah, Georgia
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  • BigGreenBamaGriller
    BigGreenBamaGriller Posts: 629
    screw helping him. I'm currently the high bidder!!!
    Killen, AL (The Shoals)
    XL, Small, Minimax, and Mini BGEs
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  • Aquacop
    Aquacop Posts: 481
    Hmmm, Houston we have found the problem and its not the mold! I wanna say Roll Tide but I am skeptical!
    LBGE 2013 Located in Savannah, Georgia
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    A mixture of Dioxin, 4',4-DDT and Endrin Aldehyde (feel free to substitute Toxiphene for any of the prior) will take care of it forever.  Unfortunately it'll be declared a superfund site. ;)

    I've never had a problem with mold and I'm in humid New Orleans.  How long since they've been fired up?


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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    Maybe try one of these in each egg?


    I put some larger containers in my basement and it really helped.  I have lived in this house for 8 or 9 years now and never had a problem with moldy smell in my basement, but this year it smells funkdified.  

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    ...and if that doesn't work I'm willing to go $351.51

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Aviator
    Aviator Posts: 1,757
    Stop buying meat/chicken from China. (Walmart) :))

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    Large and Small BGE, Blackstone 36 and a baby black Kub.

    Chattanooga, TN.

     

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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    No need for cover in my opinion. Just leave bottom vent open a smidge
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    If I'm not going to use mine for a while, I coat the inside with Kentucky jelly - never had a mold problem.
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    It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.
    - Camp Hill, PA
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,712
    Don't cover....
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given a Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • billybon
    billybon Posts: 213
    jccbone62 said:
    Is there some way to prevent mold? I mean besides regular cooking
    You will prevent mold growth if you allow for air movement through both the bottom and the top of the egg. I have multiple eggs and live in wet South Florida. I put one of the new EggWare stainless cap vents on one of the cookers and leave it partially vented. Before using this cap this cooker would always fill up with mold. Now it never presents a problem. However, the other cookers always grow mold if I leave them closed up on the top. This is true even if I leave the bottom vents wide open. You can also accomplish the safe air movement by putting a small spacer between the chimney top and the ceramic damper.
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  • The Naked Whiz
    The Naked Whiz Posts: 7,777
    Mold also seems to grow first and worst on grease and food remnants.

    The Naked Whiz
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,712
    Did you get the airport directions I sent?
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given a Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • yumdinger
    yumdinger Posts: 255
    $352

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    @MrCookingNurse...you could just put on your big girl panties.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Hungry Joe
    Hungry Joe Posts: 1,577
    edited August 2013
    This full moon has you talking crazy. Calm down and have a cold one or six.

    Seriously though I have two eggs in different locations and the one on the covered patio gets used a lot more then the one near the house which is the one that gets mold every so often. This summer I started just leaving that egg open for a bit after a heavy rain and I haven't had mold since June. They dry out pretty quick. This also stopped the brown goo that I used to get when that egg sat unused.  We go through periods where we can't cook as much also. Once you calm down and get back to cooking you'll forget all about this little mold problem
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