Assembly was straight forward, fitment was a little off on the hinged pellet hopper top but a minor tweak fixed it. Now on the good stuff, after a month, 15 meals prepared. Here's a few: smoked duck, roast duck, 3/2/1 ribs, chicken thighs, fish, pork chops and steak. Got to say all were good, but excellent were the pork chops, roast duck and chicken thighs.