My wife and I used this for the first time this weekend...on both Saturday and Sunday. All I can say is we loved it. Amazing, complete combustion of the wood. Once you get a good bed of coals, you can throw new logs on without having to deal with all the smoke that you would expect from throwing a new piece on. We did not use the "wood Pack". I am thinking that the pit likes certain sized wood, how thick and how long. Seems you don't want them too short or too long. I'll figure it out. Get one and enjoy it. Quality seems pretty good. Time will tell.