Sawzall, have to reply that I followed TKO's thoughts on this thing. First, what I thought were toasted gaskets actually seemed to survive. Once the melted stuff and such were cleaned off. :-( The next step was to see if they actually pinched up as stated by TKO. Mind did, a couple of the metal keepers had to be put back into the lower bowl. And it seemed the area of the biggest damage was at the back where the gasket seems to be bonded. That was the hot spot, and also the point were I could see no seal = open air flow. Apparantly Char Griller has no spare parts distributors, and defin