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Agree with Bob - any other appliances in the house that are natural gas ? Also around 7 -10 years is the life of a water heater. Up here in Vancouver BC when you renew your house insurance if your water heater is 10 years old they tell you to get it replaced.

Thanks for sharing - interesting

Burgers are always nice - yours look outstanding

Looks good, I would love a plate of that

I just bought a new kettle rotisserie about 2 weeks ago and it does not come with the counter balance. Tom you will be happy with your purchase -

Wow!!! Love the Imperial and the ribs look great too

Congrats on the new premium, to answer your question, Yes it is normal for smoke to leak out around the lid base and thermometer when it is new , once you have used it a few times you will notice a build up of gunk around the edges and lid , some of us call it seasoning, then the leakage will...

I would take it apart - it looks like the burner head is split or cracked - and would need replacing

Here in Vancouver BC today is was $ 1.289 cdn per litre. If you convert to US gal and add the exchange it is $ 4.32 . 3.785 litres is 1 US gallon

I have one, picked it up at a yard sale a while back. It does not get very hot,as there is only one vent on the bottom like a SJS and the vent plugs up. These are usually sold only in europe, the guy I bought mine from brought it over with him. I only use to set my chimney on, IMO it is not...

First I use some degreaser with steel wool '0000', then if it still needs more - usually steel wool with degreaser will clean it up good - but if it needs more I use CLR for aluminum / steel with steel wool. I have had very good results. and for the legs I use mothers mag / aluminum polish

Nice story Chris - when I wanted to buy my WSM here in Canada in 2009 I had to order online because the specialty bbq stores here in BC were way over priced, and like you said today the local HD and Lowes now have them on the shelf.

I use my smokey joe or kettle then pour into the smoker

Yeah thats worth it, you can get a new ash sweep for about $ 15 - 20, cut the old one off with a grinder, get some oven cleaner , steel wool 0000, and a lot of elbow grease and you will be amazed at how clean it will turn out.

Welcome to the forum Paul, if you didn't open the box take it back - you don't need a smoker box for a charcoal grill just put the smoke wood directly on the coals, but dont use too much as you can easily over power your food especialy chicken -