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Bang for the buck, you could certainly do worse than the Char-Griller Kamado Jr. It's an easy way to see if you have the patience required to use a kamado style grill before splurging on something bigger. Unfortunately, mine looks like it was poorly manufactured. As you can see in the photos, the top is warped and doesn't line up with the bottom of the grill. This causes the grill to not seal properly, and doesn't get nearly as hot as it should. Because it doesn't seal, it also doesn't retain heat as long as it should. I reached out to Char-griller directly, but they were no help at all. I emailed them photos showing the manufacturing flaw and they suggested contacting Amazon. You get what you pay for, but I was disappointed that the company had such poor quality control and wouldn't stand by their products.