Received this May 1st. It then proceeded to rain for 8 straight days. Finally got it put together. It was very straight forward although one thing was you put the door on first. If I had to do it again, I would put it on last or tape it shut. The reason is you have to put the grill on its side to put the legs on and the lid flops around.Anyway, went through the initial firing procedure with no problems. Made sausage and hamburgers as my first smoker experience. The sausage was to die for. The burgers could have been used as hockey pucks. This was not the smokers fault, everyone in my home insisting on well done burgers. In an hour and a half, by crackies, they were DONE.Overall I am very satisfied with this but I definitely have to learn what I am doing