Akorn's are great (I have a few) but this one is ASSUME. Light it, go prep food, it's ready for cooking. I cook outside a LOT and love it. Great flavors and easy to use. The app makes it even better. 2 food probe sockets and it comes with one food probe. I think its the air flow like the Ceramic Akorn with the same style upper damper that the flavors are so much better than the regular Akorn. I'm not saying regular is bad it's not. Far from it. Just the Aurto K. is outstanding.