Glad Im not in charge of the main food this holiday. Made some abt's while my charbroil electric was preheating. Went to put them in and no smoke no heat element is cold . UGH Fired up the pit boss to do the job. I got around 4 yrs out of the charbroil and from what I've heard thats really good. Ill get the tools out this weekend and see whats wrong with it. But i may be in the market for a MES. Seems to be a very popular smoker around here. Think I still have a brinkmann charcoal in the shed havent used in forever and a day.