Do some research on how to use it. There are a multitude of Tragaer specific recipes on their website. They are spot on usually. Using it, is not like a grill at all. It took us awhile to understand how to use it. We now use it for everything. It just simply does meat better than a grill. We use it as a grill if you will now and rarely use the grill at all. Unless you are in a hurry then grill for the win. We use the mesquite pellets and like them but there is a lot of options. I would suggest doing a bunch of chicken breast first as it is easy and the results are dramatically different than grilling. Once you sort out how to use it you will never go back.