Jon in SF
TVWBB Fan
So I now have several cooks on my 18.5 and the insides are nice and gunked up. Maybe a little too much. I tried to open the lid and it wouldn't budge, like the gunk had glued it shut. Maybe I was being a little too careful but if I lifted straight up, the whole center section would come up with it. I tried lifting at an angle, but nothing. So I took a screwdriver and carefully preyed it all around so I wouldn't bend anything too much. I finally broke the seal. Is this normal? If not, what can I do to prevent the gunk from sealing the lid up? I still get quite a bit of smoke leakage between the lid and middle section, so it's not completely sealed.
