Bandera gasket mode the bomb

[CrimsonSmoke]

Did 1st cook today after redoing the gasket mod with 3m fire barrier. Man what a difference. Got it up to 350 during warm up. held 250 with no problem for 5 hours on about 10# of rancher. Read somewhere about using oiled down plastic wrap over the gasket during setup time and it worked great and easy to get off. Only a small leak at the top of the smoke chamber door. Can't wait to do my chicken tomorrow.

[Brauma]

Ive been putting this one off long enough. This has got to be my next mod.

Where did you buy the 3m fire barrier from CrimsonSmoke?

[CrimsonSmoke]

I used 3m FD 150+ got it at lowe's or HD can't remember which. First time i used the silcone gasket and it lasted like 2 cooks then came off. This stuff is a 100 times easier to work with. Can't take credit for this it goes to Mrsmoker. Heres the thread
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8942&highlight=bandera+gasket+mod

[Rookie'48]

O.K., I've gotta go to HD and/or Menard's in the morning anyway, I'll see if I can find this stuff. If it works for me (dumb a$$ mod)as well as it does for y'all, I might keep the BSKD after all.
Dave