I live in Edmond, Oklahoma. Just started smoking meat a couple weeks ago. My dad, who is a pit master, has been trying to get a smoker to me for a couple years now. When I went to get it, finally, it was a char broil cheapie. I had turned down a free offset smoker that was 1/4 inch thick and heavy duty, from a customer of mine. I thought, surely the one my dad was giving me was going to be really nice. Oh well, I'm smoking a couple slabs of ribs today. We'll see how it works out. Did a 10 lb pork butt last week, that turned out nice.