Have cooked on it about ten times. First few times, I had no idea what it was doing. Have to admit it was hard for me to NOT intervene but I stayed patient and let the Traeger do its thing. EVERY single time the meat came out better than perfect! Now I just sit back and don't stress what the Traeger is doing.

I've seen a few complaints about this and other Traeger models about that they can't hold certain temps and they don't heat properly. Judging by my experience and how I tried to apply my 30+ years of grilling "experience", I feel that these folks just weren't being patient and allowing the Traeger to do it's thing.