Moisture with a little bit of light mold in my UDS

I normally yank out the basket and lay the drum on its side and blast it out with the hose and turn it up bottom up to dry for an hr then put it back together. sine your has sprouted hair I recommend ya do a burn out and re-season.

You are probably getting moisture by the magnets or the exhaust. I keep mine on my front porch all the time. I have a tin cup cover over the exhaust and a cheapo walmart cover on it. Have never had a moisture problem.

I know about the humidity in Texas as I was born and raised there. Lived there until 1986. The humidity here in the Atlanta area is bad, but not 90 to 100 percent like it was around Houston.

I would start a good fire in her and run your temps up around 350 - 400 for a couple of hours and you should be good to go.

Yup I get it to when the smokers are not being used. I just blast it with high heat then rinse it out. Never a problem just looks messed when u first see it.