I think Ninja has knocked this out of the park.  It is a sturdy machine that is super easy to clean.  There is a very small learning curve that is to be expected with any new device, but you can expect surprisingly good results right out of the box.  If you have strata rules or some reason you can’t have a smoker this might be your work around.  The only potential problem is know you are buying something that is not huge.  You won’t be doing this year’s turkey on this bad boy..!  Knowing that - buy it!  Phenomenal product.