What a great buy my own Z Grills ZPG-7002E... and YES Z Grills has been around for the past 30 yrs and yes they make Traeger which are the same maker. I recently purchased my very 1st pellet smoker and try it out for the past 2 weeks now it works awesome, the reason I purchased this grill it has all the meat probe options which it is A + when cooking briskets to turkeys, pork butts. This Z Grill has been working great so far, temp seems to hold on the spot. I won't hesitate to listen to those negative reviews, for now, let see how it holds up.