Hey all,
Was tired of juggling about with the kettle so got me a WSCG a couple weeks back. To my surprise, the damn thing wont hold temps outside the box, so needless to say i'm disappointed.
I light up a fistful of charcoal and let it ride for 20 min or so which gets it to 250, however it wont stop climbing. Both vents at not even 1/8" open, which is practically nothing, and it will ride to 280-300 or so. Halfway to the smoke setting at the bottom and 1/4" at the top will see it climb to 350+.
So i throw in a bunch of wood in the fire and close the vents down fully to check for leaks, and low and behold, quite a bit of smoke is leaking out of the bottom vents, and much less from the base of the top vent (not the wheel).
I imagine its a pain to seal down the ash sweeper vents without some creative metal bending, any ideas?
Thanks!!
Was tired of juggling about with the kettle so got me a WSCG a couple weeks back. To my surprise, the damn thing wont hold temps outside the box, so needless to say i'm disappointed.
I light up a fistful of charcoal and let it ride for 20 min or so which gets it to 250, however it wont stop climbing. Both vents at not even 1/8" open, which is practically nothing, and it will ride to 280-300 or so. Halfway to the smoke setting at the bottom and 1/4" at the top will see it climb to 350+.
So i throw in a bunch of wood in the fire and close the vents down fully to check for leaks, and low and behold, quite a bit of smoke is leaking out of the bottom vents, and much less from the base of the top vent (not the wheel).
I imagine its a pain to seal down the ash sweeper vents without some creative metal bending, any ideas?
Thanks!!
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