I have not yet used this smoker, so I can only comment on the aesthetics of this product. It was easy enough to put together, but extremely poorly made. First of all, it arrived damaged. I'm not sure whose fault that was, although I saw no evidence of damage on the box and I read at least one other review that stated it arrived damaged. There was a huge dent on one side of the smoker. My husband had to knock the dent out with a hammer, since I intended to use it for Thanksgiving and wouldn't have had time to send it back. Although as it turned out, I didn't use it. The material it's made of is very flimsy and the seams didn't match up on one side, making insertion of the screws difficult. As another reviewer stated, if I had seen this smoker in a store first, I definitely would not have purchased it.