I haven't used my MES for a couple months now(due to me getting a new bradley) and now there is green mold growing all in it! How should I go about cleaning it or is it done for?
White distilled vinegar kills bacteria/mold and fungus in hummingbird feeders without a residue you may get with soap. It rinses clean. Spray smoker with vinegar and wipe out with water and paper towels till clean. Lightly spray the inside and fire it up for a couple hours.
-Kurt
When googling "does vinegar kill mold" I got several sites saying it kills 82% pf mold species plus baking soda used with it kills other molds. Good enough for me. 10 to 1 water/bleach will kill everything. It depends on if you want to use non edible chemicals. There's a strong purist following when it comes to cleaning so I went the vinegar route.Careful with this statement. Vinegar (acetic acid) will not kill mold. It will remove some surface mold (but so would any mechanical scrubbing with any water based solution).
Bleach would be best, but awful for the smoker! Bleach is the best mold "killer" there is.
Cranking up the heat after will certainly kill off any remaining mold spores.
I'm just nitpicking as vinegar doesn't "kill" mold. Not trying to go after you, Kurt. I promise.
Source: 20+ years experience and quite a few fancy degrees in microbiology.
Indeed, and as long as we fire it for a couple of hours, very safe to use again.I agree 100% that bleach is the BEST mold killer. I wouldn't use anything else and feel certain the mold was GONE.
Gary