We were pleasantly surprised by this smoker.  It’s our first one we have gotten, but many of my friends have them.  A little tricky to put together since there are a bunch of different sized screws and the directions aren’t the best (we put the legs on the wrong way at first but quickly figured it out).  But if you have ever put a piece of boxed furniture together, you should be able to figure this out after a bit of trial and error - just plan on it taking a few hours to put together.  It took us (two people) about 3 hours to put this together.  Once it is set up, it’s pretty sturdy.  The auto feed feature for the chips is pretty cool, but you also need to set this up by an outlet.  It seems pretty well made and works!