I recently purchased this and love the concept and the smoking capacity but I can't seem to get the temp above 190-200, outside the recommended smoking temp on it's thermometer.  I've tried just briquettes, briquettes and lump charcoal mix and just lump charcoal.  I have loaded it with the 5lb recommendation and even tried more, with the same result.  I also have the much  smaller Dyna-Glo compact charcoal smoker and can obtain any temp I would like with it.  At this point I can't recommend this item [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]