Well after waiting all day yesterday it didnt come. It finally came today at around 6pm. Put it together in around 15 minutes while drinking a nice refreshing beer. One thing I noticed is that the bottom latch didnt have the safety clip thing on it, only the top one did. Anyways I threw a couple of chunks of the hickory that came with it, set it to 250 for 4 hours, and let her rip. Man I can tell I am already going to like this thing, possibly even more than my pg1000 as a smoker. The smell of the wood smoke coming from it smells like actual wood, unlike my pellet grill. After the 4 hours is up I have 6 lbs of jerky sitting in the fridge that is already marinated and ready to be smoked. Looks like I will be up till 2am or so doing that..haha good thing I am on vacation.
Oh yeah, there werent any of cookshacks sampling rubs or sauces with it. Did they stop throwing those in? I was a little bummed out because I wanted to try them.