Gasket made door gap worse

[tx smoker]

[ATTACH]479135[/ATTACH] tx smoker Dang you going to drink them all Ok Ok just bring along some bourbon that works for me.

I'll certainly drink them all but I don't have any bourbon. I sent it to a friend of mine a few weeks back

Robert

 

[HalfSmoked]

Wow Jim....sounds like a couple of the women I dated many years ago. They were short lived relationships

Robert

Yeah the ones you get up the next morning and say did I really.

Warren

 

[smokerjim]

Wow Jim....sounds like a couple of the women I dated many years ago. They were short lived relationships

Robert

so were my trucks

 

[HalfSmoked]

I'll certainly drink them all but I don't have any bourbon. I sent it to a friend of mine a few weeks back

Robert

Dang the kind of luck I have.

Warren

 

[TNJAKE]

Dang the kind of luck I have.

Warren

I'd share but I'm down to one last glass lol

 

[tx smoker]

Yeah the ones you get up the next morning and say did I really.

Yep, it's kinda like riding a moped. It may be fun but you'd never want your friends to see you on it

Robert

 

[gmc2003]

Yeah the ones you get up the next morning and say did I really.

Warren

Ahh the 3:00 am girls.

Chris

 

[HalfSmoked]

My football number in high school!

Great I thought it might be your birth year. It is how ever my birth year.

Warren

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks for the like Cabo it is appreciated.

Warren

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks for the likes Mike and 912 they are appreciated.

Warren

 

[HalfSmoked]

Chad43 sorry we run away with your post hope we were some help to you.

Warren

 

[chad43]

Chad43 sorry we run away with your post hope we were some help to you.

Warren

Hell, I don't mind. I did the initial burn in and other than a gap on one side, it actually sealed pretty well without the gasket, so everyone's reassurance was helpful. I'm going to try just a short piece of gasket for the gap, and am also considering installing latches if the short piece of gasket doesn't do the trick.

And for those keeping score, I gave up beer when I gave up smoking, but whiskey does the job just fine and in half the time!

 

[chad43]

For those of you still following this thread, I plan on smoking a pork butt next Saturday. It will be a fairly small one (7 - 8 pounds). It's pretty cold here in Indianapolis but I have a welding blanket (didn't buy it, prior homeowner left it) to keep the smoker warm.

Anyone want to tell me in advance the most likely mistakes I'm going to make as a first-time smoker?