I’ve been at the firehouse for the last week and back home we’ve had about a 2’ of nonstop rain. I opened my egg today to prep it for tonight and lo and behold mold. Do I just burn it all off or do I need to buy new stuff?
by whiskeyandwayfarers
44 Comments
SlySpoonie
lol a 800-900 deg burn is all that’s in order
larowin
fill it up, open those vents, burn it to cinders.
Moist_Cardiologist83
Buuuuurn!
sheep_wrangler
Looks like my diverters after I take a couple weeks off here in the south. Clean burn like stated and you’ll be good to go!
detaris
Purge it with fire
Troitbum22
Yeah I’ve run into this a bunch of times. Hot burn. Frustrating when you’re in a high pressure cook situation on a timer. No big deal if it’s a casual grill or smoke.
aloysiusthird
Therapeutic burn
docbasset
Good news, when you do a clean burn your conveggtor will get cleaned up too. Then you can wrap it in foil on future cooks to keep the gunk from accumulating.
whiskeyandwayfarers
Thank you everyone for the suggestions. She’s burning now
iliketurtles69_boner
Nuke and scrape. XL was covered in mould recently after not cleaning it properly before a long break, nuked it at high heat and did a thorough scrape, good as new.
Ok-Long-5127
Completely screwed, I’ll take the entire rig off your hands to dispose of properly on my back porch/outdoor kitchen.
Lumpy_Tomorrow8462
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
CarolinaCrazy91
Burn baby burn
Blue_Etalon
Fire, in this case, is your best friend.
ShadowDV
Kill it with fire
baldnesswhatIgot
Let me take care of this for you. I’ll dm my address so I can properly dispose of this massive health threat.
Hobbz-
This is minor. I’ve had entire civilizations evolve a few times.
Get a nice, 700F fire going and your issue should be cleared up within about 30 minutes. There’s no harm in letting it go longer.
SenorPwnador
Just remember to keep the lid closed on a high temp burn or you’ll roast that gasket to a crisp.
jbreezy1981
Probably gonna have to take a sledge hammer to it and buy a new one.
Broker334
Burn it off
HelicopterWorldly215
I get mold in my egg all the time. I dump in some charcoal, open the vents and burn baby burn. Give everything a good scrape afterwards and it’s good to go.
h8mac4life
U cooked dawg
dyma97
I was getting mold after heavy rain. I started putting a small piece of wood as a wedge in between the lid and base to allow more air flow and haven’t had an issue since.
CantDunkOrSk8
Are you covering it? Those covers under a patio just create humidity and then rain gets that mold. I have mine under a gazebo uncovered and it never molds.
Lt_Bob_Hookstratten
Torch it
mystr-oo
Its done….I’ll give ya $150 for your whole set-up…its worth $125 at best. I’m losin’ 25 on it but I feel bad for ya’…LOL – High heat burn and no worries. OR invest in a cast iron plate setter.
DongleJockey
Fire cleanses all
es330td
Just follow others advice about burning it clean and then wrap it in foil, changing it each time you cook.
ddsutliff
I have had this happen more times than I can count. Clean burn like everyone else said.
I bought a black generic cover from Ace a few years ago. Once the grill is cool, I open the bottom vent all the way, and put the cover on. I haven’t had any mold issues since.
Salpingo27
As others have stated, burn it up.
I have been trying to figure out how to prevent this. So far, I have had luck with opening the top and bottom vents (next day so the coals don’t reignite) and covering it. I have also heard to toss in 1 dry piece of unburnt charcoal.
superslinkey
Haha…you should see mine
TrackingTenCross1
Fire it up! Fire it up!
loademan
And for goodness sake, cook in it more to get rid of that pretty white finish!
TARS1986
Fire cleanses all
Stingraysreefs
You don’t need to go to 800.
150 will kill mold, though id bring it up to 400 for 20 minutes or so just to be thorough
scofflolz
Fire will cleanse it. Just cook something.
LongTrailEnjoyer
Dump like half a bag of hardwood lump and let it get red hot. Flip that thing upside down after and close the lid for an hour. It’ll be new.
97Whaler
Why bother with that at all ?
Bloom_brewer
I’ve found that leaving both vents open between cooks keeps this from happening. The only time I got mold is when I forgot to open the vets the next day after a cook.
captainsloose
My only question is why is the inside of your egg so clean?! Mine is blacker than my soul!
Drenko1
Im a relative noob egger and Europe based, but i don’t think you need to go blast furnace level of kill-it-by-fire ie ~800f. I’ve had my egg for a year now and I just did my first cleaning burn, and i did it at 250c(480f) for just over 1 hour. Burned out all the grease from the conveggtor and the grates. It didn’t turn anything white again but it smells fresh and more importantly didn’t burn out the felt seal. And nothing organic will be left in there.
Edit: you can also flip your conveggtor before doing a burn so you focus the heat where the problem is.
Edit2: for future cooks, try and place a bit of foil shaped as a tray or actual disposable foil tray over your conveggtor under the grill grate to catch drippings, and remove it once its cooled down a bit, this will save you from having to worry about cleaning or worse, grease drippings creating flareups.
hornbuckle56
Just build a hot 500-600 degree fire and let it burn off. 20 min and you’re sterile.
Makin_Lemonade
I promise you now, eventually, that indirect will be as dark as Wesley Snipes and there’s no going back
AnAppalacianWendigo
Bro, I live in a rainforest, this is me on a weekly basis. Mold is present in everyone’s daily life.
44 Comments
lol a 800-900 deg burn is all that’s in order
fill it up, open those vents, burn it to cinders.
Buuuuurn!
Looks like my diverters after I take a couple weeks off here in the south. Clean burn like stated and you’ll be good to go!
Purge it with fire
Yeah I’ve run into this a bunch of times. Hot burn. Frustrating when you’re in a high pressure cook situation on a timer. No big deal if it’s a casual grill or smoke.
Therapeutic burn
Good news, when you do a clean burn your conveggtor will get cleaned up too. Then you can wrap it in foil on future cooks to keep the gunk from accumulating.
Thank you everyone for the suggestions. She’s burning now
Nuke and scrape. XL was covered in mould recently after not cleaning it properly before a long break, nuked it at high heat and did a thorough scrape, good as new.
Completely screwed, I’ll take the entire rig off your hands to dispose of properly on my back porch/outdoor kitchen.
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Burn baby burn
Fire, in this case, is your best friend.
Kill it with fire
Let me take care of this for you. I’ll dm my address so I can properly dispose of this massive health threat.
This is minor. I’ve had entire civilizations evolve a few times.
Get a nice, 700F fire going and your issue should be cleared up within about 30 minutes. There’s no harm in letting it go longer.
Just remember to keep the lid closed on a high temp burn or you’ll roast that gasket to a crisp.
Probably gonna have to take a sledge hammer to it and buy a new one.
Burn it off
I get mold in my egg all the time. I dump in some charcoal, open the vents and burn baby burn. Give everything a good scrape afterwards and it’s good to go.
U cooked dawg
I was getting mold after heavy rain. I started putting a small piece of wood as a wedge in between the lid and base to allow more air flow and haven’t had an issue since.
Are you covering it? Those covers under a patio just create humidity and then rain gets that mold. I have mine under a gazebo uncovered and it never molds.
Torch it
Its done….I’ll give ya $150 for your whole set-up…its worth $125 at best. I’m losin’ 25 on it but I feel bad for ya’…LOL – High heat burn and no worries. OR invest in a cast iron plate setter.
Fire cleanses all
Just follow others advice about burning it clean and then wrap it in foil, changing it each time you cook.
I have had this happen more times than I can count. Clean burn like everyone else said.
I bought a black generic cover from Ace a few years ago. Once the grill is cool, I open the bottom vent all the way, and put the cover on. I haven’t had any mold issues since.
As others have stated, burn it up.
I have been trying to figure out how to prevent this. So far, I have had luck with opening the top and bottom vents (next day so the coals don’t reignite) and covering it. I have also heard to toss in 1 dry piece of unburnt charcoal.
Haha…you should see mine
Fire it up! Fire it up!
And for goodness sake, cook in it more to get rid of that pretty white finish!
Fire cleanses all
You don’t need to go to 800.
150 will kill mold, though id bring it up to 400 for 20 minutes or so just to be thorough
Fire will cleanse it. Just cook something.
Dump like half a bag of hardwood lump and let it get red hot. Flip that thing upside down after and close the lid for an hour. It’ll be new.
Why bother with that at all ?
I’ve found that leaving both vents open between cooks keeps this from happening. The only time I got mold is when I forgot to open the vets the next day after a cook.
My only question is why is the inside of your egg so clean?! Mine is blacker than my soul!
Im a relative noob egger and Europe based, but i don’t think you need to go blast furnace level of kill-it-by-fire ie ~800f. I’ve had my egg for a year now and I just did my first cleaning burn, and i did it at 250c(480f) for just over 1 hour. Burned out all the grease from the conveggtor and the grates. It didn’t turn anything white again but it smells fresh and more importantly didn’t burn out the felt seal. And nothing organic will be left in there.
Edit: you can also flip your conveggtor before doing a burn so you focus the heat where the problem is.
Edit2: for future cooks, try and place a bit of foil shaped as a tray or actual disposable foil tray over your conveggtor under the grill grate to catch drippings, and remove it once its cooled down a bit, this will save you from having to worry about cleaning or worse, grease drippings creating flareups.
Just build a hot 500-600 degree fire and let it burn off. 20 min and you’re sterile.
I promise you now, eventually, that indirect will be as dark as Wesley Snipes and there’s no going back
Bro, I live in a rainforest, this is me on a weekly basis. Mold is present in everyone’s daily life.
Just burn it off and carry on.