Just spent 4 hours trying to dial in my offset smoker temp

I was aiming for 225 and it kept bouncing between 200 and 250 no matter what I did with the dampers. Finally figured out I had a tiny crack in the firebox door letting air in, wasted a whole afternoon on something so simple. Anyone else ever chase a temp issue forever before finding the obvious fix?

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fox.jesse1d ago

Oh man, that's rough. Did the crack end up being in the weld seam or the actual metal of the door itself?

the_wyatt1d ago

Oh man, that's a good question... didn't check the weld seam first, which now seems dumb. It was actually a hairline crack in the metal itself, right near the bottom hinge. @fox.jesse, you ever had that happen? I swear the door had to be at least 15 years old, but still... feels like the metal just gave up on life.