- Hephaestus, Dave has a point, its the old saying."if you cant say something nice, don't say anything at all".
So...either I don't say anything for risk of offending you,...or offer you my best advise, and that is to re-think your design. There may be some builds out there of this style, and because the builders put so much effort into the build they will triumph their build as the "holy grail" of smokers, this design is flawed from the beginning, instead of trying to redesign the wheel, go with a design that is tried and true and one that have have hundreds instead of a handful of previous builds to pull information from.
And I paused for a minute before submitting this post, but then I thought, these words may be just what this thread needs to start getting you some feedback...everyone loves a good debate right?