My 26 lid is off round: Help.

[Enrico Brandizzi]

yesteday I was smoking and I could see smoke rolling out from the junction between the lid and the body of my 26 OTG. Never did before ( after having got seasoned).
Then I tryed to push the front edge of the lid and I saw the back opposite side to raise just a little.
Definitively I have a problem.
What should I do?

 

[timothy]

Check the lip of the lid/body, you might have a build-up of gunk in one area that is causing that rocking motion. MY OTG is 8yrs old and I still get smoke signals coming from the seam, same with my WSM's. It's usually the heavy white smoke that needs somewhere to go beyond that small top vent.

Tim

 

[W Tyler]

Enrico,

Try rotating the lid on the kettle to see if you can find a "sweet spot" where there's a tight fit. Both my 26.75 kettle and WSM have the same issue, depending on where the lid is seated. A quick spin and within seconds the fit is hand-in-glove.

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

W Tyler
Thanks for tip.
I seated the off round lid over the other 26 lid, and found where to pull. In a moment I understood where to push to re-fit. All goes ok in 2 push.

 

[Steve Porter]

Rotating the lid is a good idea, also check the handles on the lid and kettle bowl. When I got my 26.75" the bowl handle was bent slightly at an angle, and that made the lid not seal properly, I straightened out the handle and made it level with the bowl and that fixed the seal between the lid and bowl.