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what are you using as a gasket to seal your lid  as  i see yours looks to  be  ok  mine the  inner flange the  lid sits  on  has a  huge bow  in it  right at the hinge  and  looks  more to  be a design flaw  or a engineering  nightmare ,as there is no way for the lid to sit snugly  on the flange    and smoke  leaks  ever where  around the  lid  area   other  then that  is a great smoker 

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