I couldn't be more impressed with this cooker. Loaded it up with lump charcoal to season it at about 2:30 PM. Set my Guru to 300 and decided to let her roll. At 4:00 AM this morning, the guru still read 300. Got tired of waiting on her to burn out so I just shut the ball valve and called it a successful first burn. I can't wait to load her up and let the fun begin!