Originally Posted by JARblue

This is before I ever fired it up. I am cooking on it almost daily in an attempt to learn how it heats/cooks and determine if there are additional improvements I can make. I still need a baffle for the heat coming from the smoker box into the grill side, but the shift knob looking thing is a raise/lower mechanism for the coal grate (which is awesome!) significantly restricts the size of my baffle.

So far, I have seasoned the entire grill several times including all panels, lids, and grates. I removed the two rubber stoppers on the charcoal side lid and added hi-temp felt gasket, and I sealed the smoker box and lid with hi-temp gasket sealant. It's nice having a real grill again