Assembly was pretty easy, put it together and primed it in about 2-3 hours total. So far I have made ribs, steaks, salmon, chicken breasts, whole chickens, a turkey and pork belly bites. everything has turned out with great flavor. I would say the only downsides is that its pretty tough to get a proper sear on steaks, everything else has turned out really well. the wifire has worked well for me, super nice to change/shut down the temperature remotely.