So, more on this smoker. When I got it there was a thick coat of black, greasy soot on the inside. The fellow I bought it from said he tried to clean it and gave up. I found that Purple Power degreaser just melted this stuff! I was careful to keep it off the heating element, and used rags and 3M scrubby pad sponges, and a toothbrush, and after a couple of hours it was as clean as new. Well, not really, but very good! I rinsed with a spray bottle of water and more clean rags, kept doing it until I thought I had most of it off. I then ran the smoker, empty, for a few hours to burn off any residual chemicals.
I learned that these are designed for wood chunks, not the chips I had for my gas smoker. I found chunks at Lowes, maybe not as good as Cookshack's product, but will do for now. I got Mesquite and Hickory.
Haven't done a smoke with chunks yet,
Would really like to get a couple of new stainless racks, the rib rack, and the cabinet stand, but will have to save up for those.