My beloved gifted me with a ZPG-1000 for my birthday last week and I went right to work on reverse-seared Porterhouse and Delmonico steaks with oak! 

Even with my rookie sear skills, these were the best steaks we have ever had. Easily. 

After that baptism by smoke, we went for a pork shoulder and racks of spare ribs for our birthday dinner of ribs, pulled pork, baked beans, smashed sweet potatoes. 

My 10 yo son helped me assemble (shockingly easy), test, prime and choose recipes. We prepped both with overnight rubs and woke early to 
smoke on an apple/oak pellet mix. 9 hours of minimal intervention later I was clawing that shoulder into the best pulled pork I have ever made.

The family went bonkers! I am so happy with this Z Grill. 

Next up...grilling simple hamburgers and mastering the sear with another round of steaks. Cast iron, maybe? Remote thermometer, absolutely.