Loaded up the mes last night with several quaters of chicken. Just put a light coat of olive oil and lemon pepper seasoning with apple wood. Two and a half hrs later we were grubbin. Kc master peice was the dipping sauce. I have to admit I feel a lot more cofident useing the mes during warmer days than I did when I bought back in febuary. Only used it twice had problems getting up to temp so I stored it in the garage till yesterday. It heated up nice and pretty quick. Thanks for lookin