BOB wrote:
> Jesse Skeens wrote:
>> "frohe" > wrote in message
>> >...
>>> Jesse Skeens wrote:
>>>> When I cleaned her up the other day I notice some of the paint
>>>> coming of on the bottom where the ashes were.
>>>
>>> Any cooker's gonna turn loose of its paint, Jesse. If it turned loose
>>> inside your cooker and over the cooking area, ya wanna get a brush and
>>> break it off so it don't fall on your food. Anyplace else inside,
>>> forget about it. On the outside, it's your choice. Me, I could care
>>> less with that ol 55 gallon cooker of mine. If it bothers you or
>>> SWMBO, then make a trip to your local auto shop and buy some black
>>> engine paint.
>>
>> Cosmetically I could are less but I was worried about rust forming.
>> It gets pretty humid here in Orlando and I've had problems with rust
>> on cast iron grates before.
>>
>> Jesse
>
> Cook fatty meats, and *DON'T* clean off the grease. Keep the metal all
greased
> up. When I lived on the coast just east of Orlando (one of the "rust
capitals"
> of the world) I kept a black box from rusting using this method. Sometime
back
> Hound posted a picture of a new cooker of his, showing *his* method of rust
> control...cooking fatty meats and using the fat to "season" the rusty spots.
>
> BOB

P.S.
In other words, think "SEASONED" like in cast iron cookware.

BOB