stepheneleven
Full Fledged Farker
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2010
- Location
- Mequon, WI
Let me start out by saying I was aware that these smokers had leak issues and that gasketing was necessary. I’m just wondering if you think my door gap is excessive and I should go thru the hassle of shipping it back to Academy. Someone from their escalations department is calling me back in the next 3 days to discuss.
Anyway I applied the recommended 3/4 inch wide 1/8” thick fireblack gasket around the entire cook chamber door. Hoping that would fill the gaps I saw. Did pretty well except for a 7 inch portion on the left side of the door. The gap is still so big I can easily slide another piece of the 1/8” thick gasket right into the cook chamber without any obstacle. I laid in another piece of gasket and it does not fill the gap.
Am I being too picky for a cooker in this price range?
Has anyone had experience returning something this huge to academy?
Any other suggestions on a fix? Not super handy, not sure how I would go about bending steel this thick.
Really regret my purchase. I should have just saved a little more and got an LSG 20”. Here are some pics, I’ll try to get better ones or maybe a video. I included the right side for comparison.
Anyway I applied the recommended 3/4 inch wide 1/8” thick fireblack gasket around the entire cook chamber door. Hoping that would fill the gaps I saw. Did pretty well except for a 7 inch portion on the left side of the door. The gap is still so big I can easily slide another piece of the 1/8” thick gasket right into the cook chamber without any obstacle. I laid in another piece of gasket and it does not fill the gap.
Am I being too picky for a cooker in this price range?
Has anyone had experience returning something this huge to academy?
Any other suggestions on a fix? Not super handy, not sure how I would go about bending steel this thick.
Really regret my purchase. I should have just saved a little more and got an LSG 20”. Here are some pics, I’ll try to get better ones or maybe a video. I included the right side for comparison.