It appears to be  a nice smoker for the money but I haven’t gotten to test out its full potential. On arrival the temp gauge that came with it was broken and appeared to cheaply made, but the box was beat up from shipping. The gauge wasnt a quality issue so much as being mishandled in shipping. I replaced it with another from the same company and it is much better quality. One other issue was the predrilled holes that are used to bolt the top and bottom half of the barrel together were drilled too close to the barrel on a couple of the holes. As a result it made it impossible to use a couple of the provided washers with the bolts when assembling. It wasn’t a big deal as it still assembled fine and I could have re-drilled the holes but I didn’t bother. It was a minor inconvenience. Overall I’m satisfied with it and can’t wait to use it.