Komodo Kamado Venting post burn in

Most Komodo Kamado (KK) owners assume that one burn in will take care of venting forever. Not true. Check out this venting during a higher temp cook of pizza. What is venting? When moisture, anything from water vapor in the air, to solvent from the acrylic jacket vents out of the grill due to heating it up to a high temp over time.
From Dennis Linkletter, the company owner and creator:
"The proper temp is 550º lower than that the insulation prevents the outer material reaching the 212ºf / 100ºc needed to turn moisture and the solvent to vapor. No need to slowly bring it up.. the grills have all been 800-900º during production. 550ºf is the perfect temp for water in the body, it will simmer and vent.. one can often see little bubbles as the moisture vents. If too hot it all turns to vapor and blows like a kettle.. not good. ;-)"

[@atgarvey]

Thanks for this info - good to know. I’ll have to order another tube of caulk!

[@perezog]

Yes it’s important to have the grout handy for these kinds of repairs!

[@gsmoneygsmoney1479]

Awesome thanks for the share

[@johnkennett7105]

I love the smell of latex in the morning! LoL

[@perezog]

Smells like victory!

[@dennislinkletter2549]

BTW that is water vapor not smoke venting... And the smell is like acrylic paint.

[@perezog]

Yes absolutely right, I should not have called it smoke, just confuses the issue. It’s moisture or in my case also some solvent from the jacket, as this is a newish grill!

[@rudymsmith]

i noticed my komodokamado had some condensation inside of it that collected on the new drip pan. My assumption since all vents are closed is this is moisture that has collected from the unit being outside on a deck and is a natural thing. Now that it's on a covered deck, even in humid Mobile, Al. I suspect this will go away when i start using the komodo and closing down the vents all the way after the cook.

[@dennislinkletter2549]

@@rudymsmith Best to store your grill with the damper top cracked to let hot humid air escape. If not it will condense on the inside of the grill at night..

[@rudymsmith]

@@dennislinkletter2549 - your the best - thanks! Where can i find the grout?

[@perezog]

@@rudymsmith the more humid the environment the more moisture will collect inside your KK. Assuming you have a cover, leaving the vents open will actually help keep air moving and moisture to dissipate from your KK. Otherwise you’ll always have some condensation in humid conditions

[@christopherdavis5959]

Why is nobody commenting on the huge crack running vertically on the front of the grill. Why is this not a problem?

[@perezog]

It’s actually just a crack in the grout. Once I put some new grout on there you won’t see that venting crack anymore. As I said in the video, the grill was still venting some water vapor out at the time of this cook.