Bradley smoker has dent near bottom hinge/need repair suggestions

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hangmanli

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Feb 2, 2017
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Long Island, NY
I’ve had my first smoker for about four years now. As I’ve said before this thing has deficiencies.

I noticed a couple of years ago that there was a dent in the front wall of the smoker. It’s down on the right side near the hinge. The door gasket won’t seal this area and I get a lot of liquid leaking out during smoking. And I can’t remember doing anything which would’ve caused this dent!
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I took the bottom plate off thinking I could bang out the dent. But there’s a hard foam insulation in the bottom. So I would like to fill in this cavity. My first thought might be Bondo. And then paint that area again afterwards. I already scuffed up the area hoping something will bond to that.

does anyone else have any better suggestions to repair this area?

thanks!
 
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