In wetter climates, you may find that mold will grow in your cooker if you don’t use it that often. First, how to get rid of it? Light up a hot fire in the cooker and let it just burn all the mold away. Second, how to prevent it? Well, any technique that can be used to prevent moisture from getting into the cooker will help:Keep the cooker covered as much as possible.
If it is a real problem, try this: After you are done cooking, let the cooker heat up for about 20 minutes after you remove the food. This will help to drive some of the moisture out of the cooker. Let the cooker cool, then close the vents tight.
If you can’t keep the cooker covered, use whatever cap or top that comes with the cooker that keeps out moisture. In the case of Auplex Kamado cookers, use the ceramic cap to shut the upper opening, not the daisy wheel. The ceramic cap will keep water out of your cooker, the daisy wheel will not.
Also, if you can’t keep the cooker covered, water can drip down into the cooker through the hole for the thermometer. Depending on how tight your thermometer stem fits in the hole, you may wish to somehow cover this hole. Chewing gum? We don’t know, but that’s one source of moisture getting into the cooker.
We have also noted that the place where the mold grows first is where there is grease inside the cooker. Grease appears to be a super food for mold. Cleaning the grates of all grease after cooking will help to reduce the growth of mold. A good hot fire every now and then will reduce the amount of grease on the walls of the cooker. But managing the grease will help you manage the mold.
Post time: Jun-29-2023