What A Difference A DOOR Makes


 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ken Serwatowski:
Oh and as far as taking up extra space in the grommets if using two probes per hole - aluminum foil, if you using one probe- golf tee wrapped in foil, Ken </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Another good idea! Thanks
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Hank B:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mike David P:

Hank, I'm confused (as usual
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) . If you run a bead of calk around the joining surfaces or your WSM, after the caulk sets, wouldn't you have to score it with a razor knife or the like for it to separate? Your pic looked like a well sealed bead of caulk but I might have missed something.
</div></BLOCKQUOTE>Not at all - keep asking if my descriptions are not clear.

I put the bead on one of the surfaces (shown) and then gave it a couple days to cure before I assembled the WSM. The silicone rubber has some give so it can conform to the surface it presses against to help seal, but once cured it will not adhere. Does that make sense now? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That cleared it up. Thanks Hank!
 
I saw some guys using bungee cords betwen the lid handle and all three legs to compress the pieces together. I thought they'd melt but I saw smoke coming out the top with the cords on there. Not sure why they did it but this thread made me think. I was judging so I couldn't ask them and they'd split by the time I came back after the judging was over.

I must have a tight WSM because I have troubles getting high heat and my door is fairly bent from putting a stick in there and closing it around the stick.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Chris E:
I saw some guys using bungee cords betwen the lid handle and all three legs to compress the pieces together. I thought they'd melt but I saw smoke coming out the top with the cords on there. Not sure why they did it but this thread made me think. I was judging so I couldn't ask them and they'd split by the time I came back after the judging was over.

I must have a tight WSM because I have troubles getting high heat and my door is fairly bent from putting a stick in there and closing it around the stick. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Chris, After talking with others from your fine State, Altitude is a big deal. As you may already know, water boils @ 196* F. in Denver vrs. 212* F. at lower sea levels. Enough oxygen for coal combustion seems to be the issue.

Thanks for the reply.
 
That pesky boiling point.... it affects cook time as well since water in the meat and temps related to collagen breakdown all are lower so that means more time.

I'm hoping to drill more vents in bottom and top of WSM this summer.
 
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