bfletcher
Active member
but anything below 200° seems to have a bit more smoke coming out of the bottom.
Don't trust my input but in my feeble mind if you truly want to eliminate all leaks from the lid then you may need to remove the factory-installed gasket now that you used the aftermarket strips. But if you go that route, the clips that secure it may bend and you could have trouble replacing it. I say that for this reason: my factory gasket started drooping because a few clips would not hold their position, so Traeger sent a new one to me. When I removed the old one I observed that the lid sides quite nicely fit the contour of the barrel, so rather than installing the new gasket I simply added the aftermarket gasket (like what you have) to the bottom and top of the lid and added nothing to the sides. I honestly was not freaked-out that my lid leaked--I simply intended to replace the factory gasket when I began the task--so I am not here to state that nothing escapes my lid now but I can state that I don't get stains on the barrel, so I'm inclined to feel it has quite a good seal.