I'm impressed with the build quality of this smoker. Held heat well, I was able to run consistent temps around 240. Loaded up the charcoal basket with 15 lbs of Royal Oak with a divider in the middle, forming a U shape of charcoal, lit one end with about 20 briquettes from a starter chimney. This burned for about 4 hours before I added more charcoal to reform the U and let it burn back. That was all the charcoal I needed for the 9 hours I smoked the butt. The ribs were all done in 5 1/2 hours, beans and potatoes done around 3 1/2 hours.
One nice thing is the size of this unit. I had the 3 racks of ribs and the butt on the top shelf and the half pan of beans and the smaller pan of potatoes on the second rack.
I also had a full pan with a gallon of water on the lowest shelf. The temp probe was accurate when compared against my calibrated remote probe.
Only complaint is I could not really get the temps much lower, I had all the vents closed and still ran at 240. The top has a gasket but the front door and the firebox door do not, the are pulled in pretty tight by the screw knobs when closed. I don't see any other places for air leaks, I think I will look for some kind if furnace type gasket for these two doors.
All in all, very happy with the performance and the product it produced.