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