I purchased for Thanksgiving Holidays. I have a hectic schedule and was concerned bout getting it put together before the holiday. I assumed it would be many parts and take many tools to assemble. I was able to put the pit together in 15-20 minutes using only a knife to cut the wrapping off the cross bars. If you have been through the multipart assembly for anything you can appreciate this wonderful design and easy assembly especially under Holiday pressure. My hats off to the design team.