22.5 WSM side door issue

[SmokinOutBack]

Is it me or is this just a total piece of crap? I'm surprised Weber wouldn't do a better job with this. I am sure I can modify it, hell I have to if I want to keep it closed! Anyone else have this problem? After that, no beefs about the rest of the smoker, I really like it.

[Richtee]

Dude... Blowin Smoke just hooked me up with a real door for my 18, and they got 'em for the 22 too! Looking for link...

[Richtee]

Here ya go...

http://cajunbandit.com/wsm-parts-mods/

[SmokinLee]

Them doors do look like chinsey crap even though the cooker is built very well....

[SmokinOutBack]

Here ya go...

http://cajunbandit.com/wsm-parts-mods/

Thanks...have to get it. Anything is better than the original.

[minnbill]

Ive had no problems with mineYes it is a flimsy piece of crap but that doesnt seem to sffect my smoking at all whats a little smoke loss when yer smoking hurt anything

[chisoxjim]

No issue for me on any of the 3 I have used

- old style 18.5"
- new 18.5"
- new 22.5"

Not sure what more it needs to be. It is what it is.

[Blowin Smoke]

The problem I had was the aluminum bends to easily and having to bend them back into shape for a airtight fit. Problem not so much as smoke leaking out but air leakng in. I'm just like the aftermarket door a lot better and it compliments the WSM well.

[Crewdawg52]

Surprised Weber has kept the door as is ......... unless no one has complained to Weber.

[SmokinOutBack]

My main problem is with the latch, I gotta fix it. I understand the new door comes without one.

[Blowin Smoke]

My main problem is with the latch, I gotta fix it. I understand the new door comes without one.

That's correct the mod SS door does not come with a latch and you have to reuse the one from the old door. Have you tried to ajust the latch with the back nut?

[SmokinOutBack]

That's correct the mod SS door does not come with a latch and you have to reuse the one from the old door. Have you tried to ajust the latch with the back nut?

Not yet, I have to take it apart and look at it. Had problems with it yesterday because it wouldn't latch.

[Blowin Smoke]

Not yet, I have to take it apart and look at it. Had problems with it yesterday because it wouldn't latch.

That's a real easy fix.

[Fishawn]

Mine seem to work fine as is also. Maybe contact Weber about it? Given their pretty solid rep I would think they would make it right for you

[erain]

i read this post earlier and i been thinking what the heck are they talking about??? so anyway doin up some flappers today so decided to ck it out for meself. i know when i got my new WSM the packaging wasnt all that great and the cheap lil side dor was not quite shaped correct. but a lil tweaking and good as gold i figger.

so i fire the thing up and i thought allrighty lets test this thing out. put some damp apple bark on the coals to really create a smolder. so i look at the door and i dont see any smoke leaking from it even though it is not a 100 percent perfect fit.


the next picture, and all these pics are taken seconds apart from each other, is of the lid, where it seems to leak the greatest. i had the top vent closed to create a condition to find smoke leaks the easiest. but here is where the smoke come out on mine.


now my WSM is pretty new and dont have a couple years or hard use to it yet so maybe after bending the door up some through use a problem may arise??? and here we are after the damp bark burnt off and we are at normal operating mode with top vent open. smoke leaks are negligible, much less than my GOSM or Chargriller.




so not sure what to say, dont see spending what they want for a door that works perfectly fine on mine... and even if it did leak a little, how much is too much where it would affect the smoking? it is on the top side so it dont affect internal draft control to the coals.