Neil Grant
TVWBB Fan
Picked up a used one with a nickel-sized hole in one of the plywood outside/metal inside panels that was used to insert a smoke gun during cooks.
When I bought I figured I could either fill the hole with a shaved wine cork (some seem to be rubber/plastic these days) or a roughly matched size of plywood (difficult to cut to size I'm finding out). Or a thick bolt with a nut and snug washers on either side of the hole. Maybe even a thin bolt & nut through the cork with the washers ?
Now that I'm going to use this thing the first time, how should I fill the hole ? One of the above ideas ? Something else ? I am very concerned about the high heat causing the fix-method to release chemicals into the meat.
When I bought I figured I could either fill the hole with a shaved wine cork (some seem to be rubber/plastic these days) or a roughly matched size of plywood (difficult to cut to size I'm finding out). Or a thick bolt with a nut and snug washers on either side of the hole. Maybe even a thin bolt & nut through the cork with the washers ?
Now that I'm going to use this thing the first time, how should I fill the hole ? One of the above ideas ? Something else ? I am very concerned about the high heat causing the fix-method to release chemicals into the meat.
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