Recent content by JohnJacoby

Gaskets are an option Standard advice is that they seal up with use, and I agree that it's worth seeing if that happens. However, I don't think it's universally true. I have a 14.5 that had problems with stable temps and went through a lot of charcoal and those problems didn't go away after a...

Thanks, three years sounds good to me. I already have practice taking a gasket off, since I completely screwed up applying one part. Fortunately, it wasn't that hard and the 14.5 doesn't need that much gasket, and hopefully it won't be hard to take off cleanly after it's been used a bunch of...

I got a 14.5 Smokey Mountain for Christmas, and after a half dozen cooks I decided to try adding a gasket. I realize a lot of people have found that theirs seal up just fine with use, but mine was bugging me with inconsistent temps and burning through charcoal. I needed to fiddle with the...