I really did check the Forum

I have kept mine closed on several CS cookers ,for several years,here by the beach in south FL.

When I had only a Smokette,along with assorted grills,I cooked in it at least weekly.

We live in a nightly salt moisture shower/pretty high humidity.

I have used the top notch Cookshack covers,also.

That said,I have found retained moisture??,caused mold/mildew on the interior walls,if not used for some months.

I now place an opened ,partial bag of cat litter,in an Al disposable 1/2 pan ,on a shelf in the cooker.

I guess a box of baking soda would work?

I just set it out when I cook,and set back in ,after I do the minimal cleanup.

Works well for me,and I have never heard of this being a problem for anyone else,since the forums began.

Hope this helps a little.

Ditto Tom!!
I have an AmeriQue, use the Cookshack cover, keep the door closed and don't have a problem. The unit is on our back deck and we get a lot of rain and a lot of hot muggy weather here in North Louisiana!!
Good luck to you.

Double Ditto here. My door is always closed & we do get heat and humidity. The smoker does get used quite often but we do go tru quiet spells. Never had a problem with mold/mildew or critters.

Apparently the cover is made to breath. I think air can flow right up through the drip hole and out the smoke hole and through the cover with the door shut on the smoker. Just my thoughts.

I close the door but do not latch it, then cover with a Cookshack cover....

I close the door *on* the door latch handle which makes for a little air gap around the door, the cover still slips on easily. HTH-

You need to check the "show us your smoker thread" in the open forum. There are many ideas of how people store them. I would be more worried about someone stealing my baby left all alone on the back porch.