I used this pellet grille 6 times now and as far as using the grille I think the control panel is straight forward . Like the temp probes. Now for the not so good. When I tried firing it up last time I used it the auger wasn't moving so after 20 min I took it apart,got down to the fire pot and tried to jiggle the auger and away it went so I thought some hard material maybe was in the pellets . The last time I used it I could not get the auger to mover at all had to remove the pellet box and remove the auger completely. From what I could see just looked like a bunch of ash in the auger tube. NOT IMPRESSED!!! Put it back together and it works but how often am I going to have to do that! I think the motor just isn't strong enough and any little thing it's stops turning . im sure they have an excuse like it's the pellets you were using or moon wasn't in proper alignment with the stars that day. You might want to look at another brand