I like that is easy to move around and take on trips. Operation is straight forward. Just turn the dial to heat setting. It runs hotter than the setting you choose. At the smoke setting it is supposed to run at 180 degrees and it consistently runs in the 250-300 range. It does give a good smoke taste to food. Have ran several types of pellets and it uses all with the same results.I have a larger smoker that require more room on grill but for smaller cooks it works good. I would sure like it better if the smoke setting would actually run in the 180-200 degree range.