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i've been using a charcoal smoker but the time it takes to tend to it and almost constant monitoring is more than i bargained for. i decided to go electric. so i had been looking at the vertical box smokers. i like the fact that you can get to the food and check the water and chips easily with this design. i decided to purchase the charbroil electric smoker. very happy with it so far. the smoker is well insulated and is of good quality. as others have stated the door needs a little push for it to close at the bottom but i fixed that by using a magnetic strip at the bottom to aide in closing the door. this keeps it shut and maintains the seal of the door. the operation of the unit is simple and as others have said i preheat the smoker to about 300 degrees and wait for the chips to start smoking. it doesnt take long then i dial back the control to reach the smoking temp around 225-230. it maintains the selected temp very well. i like the thermostat control. if i am smoking chicken i can turn up the temp at the end and get a nice crispy skin on the bird. so far i have done pork chops, ribs, boston butt and today after writing this smoked burgers! the temp dial in the door seems to be pretty accurate and i run my digital probe thru the air tube in the back. overall i'm enjoying the smoker. easy to use, great quality smoked food, and very good price. would reccommend to anyone. ENJOY! edit....i have replaced the crappy magnetic strips and latches with a window lock which i got from HD. cost 2.75 and it works great. provides a nice seal when you close the door. almost no smoke is escaping now. charbroil should replace those crappy magnetic latches with what i am using and you will solve that problem with hardly any cost and cheaper than the magnetic latches. the smoker is performing great and the food....GREAT! edit....i have also added a small handle to the wood chip box so that i can easily open it and add some more chips quickly without loosing alot of heat. cost was less than 3.00 so by adding the window lock and wood chip handle for 6.00 i now have a pretty good setup for a relative cheap price and producing some great results!