I just heard about this smoker about 2 months ago, even though it's been around for years. I purchased one about a month ago, and have since done pork ribs twice, and once each for chicken, pork shoulder, and beef briskit. All came out better than I had ever been able to do before. I did an overnight smoke of a 10 pound beef briskit. I went to bed with the smoker going, and got up 7 hours later to find that the temperature was the same as when I went to bed. It held temperature for approximately 14 hours before I had to add a little more fuel. The only negative I found was that the built-in thermometer reads about 25 degrees cooler than actual. I use a candy thermometer in one of the vent holes in the lid now.
When I did my first batch of ribs, they were overdone because the thermometer was reading 225, when it was actually running about 250. Even though the meat was falling off the bones too much, the ribs were still very good.
This is an excellent product, and it is almost foolproof!

I was looking for a smoker and after reading reviews on a number of sites, this seemed to be the easy choice. I had high expectations for this product and it has exceeded in every way.

I have used it 4 times in the first 2 months have done pulled pork (boston butt) 3 racks of ribs, and a pork tenderloin. It has been a huge hit every time. It is easy to start with a weber chimney starter and easy to maintain the internal temperature to get a great low temp slow cook.

It is easy to assemble (my 10 year old basically did it for me), and well built.

The only mistake I made was not buying apple chunks (NOT CHIPS!!!) and cherry chunks from amazon when i ordered the cooker. It is easy to find hickory and mesquite, but the apple is harder to find. Go ahead and order it when you order the smoker. Use Kingsford regular charcoal and you are ready to go.

BUY THIS ITEM, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

I took it out of the box yesterday and used it. It was easy to assemble. I tried a less expensive smoker a year or two ago and it was a miserable failure. This one was easy. I smoked two 3.5 pound chickens and they were so good! I had friends over and they devoured them. The temperature was steady during the entire smoke time after a small adjustment with the lower vents. This is a wonderful product. I highly recommend it.

I purchased this smoker 3 years ago and still love it just as much as the day I got it. I have cooked tons of food on this thing and have not had one problem yet. I recently purchased the BBQ Guru fan blower temp control for this thing and feel it will last a very very long time! If you are on the fence about ordering this, please just do it you will be very happy and so will your friends and family. It is also great because it is lightweight compared to the green egg style smokers and you can take the three sections apart and take it with you to friends houses or even tailgating or camping. This was probably one of the best purchases I have ever made in my life! It just hold its temp perfectly and stays dialed in to the perfect BBQ temp range.

I've never used a smoker before. And I just don't do enough to justify buying a big rig on wheels. For home use this is perfect. Easy to adjust and keep the temp in the proper range. I'm still trying different meats but this has been easy each time. I'm still a beginner but I can't think of anything I'm unhappy with about this unit. I would buy this again with no hesitation.