Masterbuilt Sportsman Elite 44" propane smoker

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How is this set-up working for you? 

Thanks in advance ! !
Smokes like a freight train. Full pan will smoke for 5-7hours using large wood chunks. I don't soak them. Have you installed a gasket on your smoker?
I have on mine and it made a world of a difference!. Reduced temp swings. Next mod I'm going to do is seal up the crappy exhuast and install a 6inch smoke stack with a a damper.
I put the smoker together last night and haven't fired it up yet.  Based on recommendations here, I ordered a gasket kit and probably won't season the smoker until it has been added.  The consensus is the wood chip/chunk set-up from the factory is unsatisfactory, but I will give it a test just to see for myself.  The 30" & 40" MES owned in the past seemed to smoke just fine for me. 

If a change is needed, I will most likely give your modification a try as it looked to be the simplest.  Sometimes, less is more.

Be sure to add pic's of the smoke stack once you make the modifications to your smoker.

Thanks everybody..
 
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I still need to seal and screw down the stack. I still have to cut some sheet metal and cover the lame factory smoke exhaust slider thing.
 
I picked up all the stack pieces at Lowes. Iron damper,6inch stack,stack collar. I spent I think....20 bucks.
Ran it the other day and it regulated smoke really Nice! I didn't get any temp swings either. Held 215 for 4 hours.
 
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