Just got this yesterday at Cabela's. I have read all the upgrades that need to be made and will get started on them all right away. I will try to post pictures as we assemble it.
Yes the Mavrick was ordered yesterday as were 11 feet of Q matz have the cast iron pan and something for the water so now just need to do vent change. Yes it has a cover which was great. May season it tomorrow so can burn something next week lol
I have the same smoker but from BPS. Looks like you got a different handle than me, but otherwise the same. I think cabelas gives you a cover though. I have a thread in propane smokers with some qview. It really works great. Its my first smoker and I could get used to this real quick. I would suggest getting a Maverick et-732 asap. The temp gauge in the door is sketchy at best. It was dead on for the first seasoning cycle. The second it was about 100* off. When I cooked porksteaks on it it was about 150* off, then 2 days later I did 3 rack of ribs and it was about 25* off. Christmas eve it was dead on again. I'm not sure why people complain about the water tray being too small. At 225-230* it doesn't run out for 2-2.5 hours about as long as 3 chunks of hickory last. I figure If I have to add wood I might as well add water.
Tried that would not work :(Very cool. When you copy the links from Photobucket, copy the IMG links. That will display the image right in the tread.