My biggest gripe is the difficulty in reading the display. It’s very faint even in indirect daylight. If a smoke takes 6-8 hours, the sun is going to ultimately catch you and seeing the display is virtually impossible even when trying to shade it with your hands, potholders, whatever.

The wood chip hopper is borderline acceptable. The wood is barely even baked to a dark black surface, but still never gets consumed or used to its fullest potential.

This is my first smoker, and honestly my first time out with it, but I’m already thinking of going with something else.

I received this as a Fathers Day present, and now have my wife ticked at me for being disappointed with this unit. A no-win situation at our house this evening.