What is the best way to seal the lid on a smoker ? Is there a gasket that can be used?
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Actually Dave, the Rec Tec does in fact have an exhaust stack on the right side of the barrel. I know of guys who have put self-adhesive Nomex gasket around the lip of their RT lid. I haven't done this because I don't think a little leaking smoke affects the performance of the pit. And as you mentioned, if it ain't broke, don't fix it...if a door gasket was a major issue in the design, I think RT would already be doing it.I would not put a seal on that grill..... Call the engineers at Rec-Tec and talk to them.... That smoker needs to breathe a little and since there is not an exhaust stack, the "smoke leaking" may be engineered into the smoker design....
In the words of Chad Knaus, crew chief for Jimmy Johnson, " you could screw up a perfectly good race car" or something close to that...