Hi ChesapeakeSmoke,
I have now had mine for approx 1,5 months or so and I love it. I still have a lot to learn, but it is getting better and better. As you can see we have discussed above, the smoke flavor is one of the things I struggled with in the beginning. What I have done is to mix the wood chunks into the lump coal, and that works perfect and gives a good flavor.
I have also tried to cold smoke in mine once(using my A-MAZE-N smoking unit), and that worked pretty good as well, you just have to have the valve almost fully open.
I do not regret having bought this smoke, it gives me a lot of joy and good food :) Is also pretty easy to use. It is also easy to move around, which is good with a weight like that.