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Oklahoma Joe's Highland
After months of extra chores and foot rubs (and lots of whining) Mrs. Tejano authorized the purchase of a new smoker. So this morning I went out to my local Wally-World and picked up the last in-stock Oklahoma Joe's Highland. I also got several feet of the gasket smoker seal. I was unable to find any high temp silicone adhesive. Opinion: should I go ahead and start assembly or order the adhesive from amazon and wait? How much of an advantage will the adhesive provide? And what other mods should be made?
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Congrats on your smoker! Most Walmart's I've been in that have an automotive section have stuff that will work. Look for Permatex brand gasket maker. It's just under $6/tube. They have red which is labeled hi-temp. They also have black which is not labeled high temp but I looked up the specs and the black has the same 1200 degree rating as the hi-temp red does. I've had the Permatex black gasket maker holding seals on the doors on my smoker for about a year now with no issues.
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Finatic, thank you for the input. Greatly appreciated.
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Congrats on the new smoker, I will be watching for smoke and some fine smoked meats. CF
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Tejano0369 wrote:Finatic, thank you for the input. Greatly appreciated.
Yes sir!
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almost ready. letting the sealant and tape set.
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Woohoo!! I've got another on team highland!!
I need to gasket my doors, but I welded all the seams in the firebox. No chance of those seals failing. Lol
I need to gasket my doors, but I welded all the seams in the firebox. No chance of those seals failing. Lol
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Txdragon, I used the gasket tape on the doors, but it didn't seal as much as I wanted. So I might go back and put a bead of high temp silicone between the tape and the lids, to see if that will fill in the small gaps.
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you can see some of the smoke leakage on the fire box door. there was also a little bit of leakage around the main door.
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Yeah. The firebox lid will start to warp after a couple good fires. I use a hatchet to bang it back down a bit. Lol. I'm planning on fireplace gaskets with silicone for the lids. I figured I'd try some foil intermediately. Haven't done that yet though.
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Txdragon wrote:Yeah. The firebox lid will start to warp after a couple good fires. I use a hatchet to bang it back down a bit. Lol. I'm planning on fireplace gaskets with silicone for the lids. I figured I'd try some foil intermediately. Haven't done that yet though.
You have a hatchet as an accessory?, lol, I'm not coming to one of your cooks.!!!
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Russ wrote:Txdragon wrote:Yeah. The firebox lid will start to warp after a couple good fires. I use a hatchet to bang it back down a bit. Lol. I'm planning on fireplace gaskets with silicone for the lids. I figured I'd try some foil intermediately. Haven't done that yet though.
You have a hatchet as an accessory?, lol, I'm not coming to one of your cooks.!!!
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I've been called a slippery snake once
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Russ wrote:I've been called a slippery snake once
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