Well coach, I was on the fence on whether to by quality over something cheaper...for me with having 1.5 year old twins that I know in the upcoming years will be running around the backyard while the smoker is turned on, it was as no brainier for me, at the time of purchase I was unfamiliar with the blow back issue......I was trying to channel my inner cheapskate even though I believe you get what you pay for....for a less durable solution and some risk this might be a good unit but for me and my situation it is not, and I cant recommend it due to the safety concerns.....so I folded on Monday, and ordered a
Rec-Tec....I put the money I had from the refund, and financed for free for 6 months the rest, why not use other peoples money for a bit if its free. :) I figured with the 6 year full coverage on parts and the integrated algorithms that the
Rec-Tec does with its PID, that I would have a much lower chance of another blow up....consider it risk mitigation on my part. Ill report in another thread on
Rec-Tec, but its pretty much been covered. I will compare a few cooking sessions against the
chargriller and post here any nuances between them for other peoples consideration.