Have you ever cooked in the rain on your PBC? I'm concerned if it will cause rust on the outside of the cooker. I don't plan to cook in the rain but we can have summer thundershowers come up quickly.
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I have one of the old ones, and it has a little surface rust. It has been in the rain a lot, before I ordered a cover it was out in the elements for about 6 months.
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dmkbbq I store my PBC in the garage since it's not that heavy, and thus, not much of a burden to take it out when I want to use it. I also have a cover, but I prefer to keep it out of the elements as much as possible. When it rains, I cook just inside my garage with the garage door open, the back door to the garage open, and a fan oscillating to keep air circulating through the space so that no smoke accumulates.
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- Jul 2014
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- Massachusetts
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PBC
Weber Smokey Joe, no legs... kettle rusted at the attachment point
An expensive but cheap gas grill (too embarassed to admit brand)
Barely adequate probe type meat therm. (brookstone quality)
Maverick E-732
Guiness Draught (why drink coors lite at 110 calories? Guiness is 124!)
Last year, I cooked a couple of St. Louis racks, the coals had enough life left so I added a chicken. That's when a nice thunder storm cell moved through for nearly the entire duration of the chicken's stay in the cooker. The temp did seem to drop 10-20 degrees but as there was zero wind (rain came straight down... monsoon-like), there was plenty of water on the lid but the chicken came out just fine... Not one drop got into the cooker.
I don't think that rust should be a problem... Unless you make a habit of cooking in the rain!Last edited by JPP; July 15, 2015, 04:37 AM.
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- Dec 2014
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- Marco Island, FL
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Cookers:
KBQ C-60C
Primo Jr. + accessories
Pit Barrel Cooker
Weber Genesis propane
Vintage PK Grill
Frontgate portable infrared grill
Propane Lobster/Corn cooker
Magma Marine Kettle 2 Grill and Stove Party Size
Gadgets:
Looftlighter
Weber charcoal chimney
Chimney of Insanity
BBQ Dragon
BBQ Guru Party Q
GrillGrates for all grills (including custom set for Primo)
iGrill2 and iGrill mini
Backlit Thermapen
Stainless smokebox for gas grill
sawdust "maze" for cold smoking
Coffee stuff:
Gene Cafe CBR101 Coffee Roaster
Toddy cold brew coffee maker
Cuisinart burr grinder
KitchenAid blade grinder (with spice grinder attachments)
And, while cooking:
Harpoon IPA
Tuckerman's Pale Ale
Wachusett Light IPA
Dogfish Head American Beauty
Bent Water Thunderfunk
Sad to say mine stays out year round and was buried by several feet of snow this past winter. I do have some surface rust but not enough to bother me. It is the old-style barrel, and I would expect the new ones would be much more robust in this climate. At some point this summer I'll take a wire brush and some high-temp paint to it. I'm right by the coast (I can see the water from our house) so the salt air is a big contributing factor. The inside, once it's seasoned, shows no sign of rust. I'm now keeping them covered so I'll see what difference that makes.
My PBC works like the mail person...neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night...
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