How has the paint held up over the years?
Holy thread revival!
Rich- Take a look at page 2 of this thread. (middle of the way down) The paint failed after just a few cooks. My guess is that the pot, although cut out on the bottom, holds enough heat in the bowl that it gets super heated and the paint just can't handle THAT kind of heat.
I do have to say that this paint seems to be very high quality with a nice gloss and hard finish, but this was probably taking it way out of it's intended temp range. The pot and lid, for the most part, held up fine, it was the bowl that was trashed.
I ended up respraying the bowl, then gave it to my brother in law, who had been asking for a smoker for Christmas. I warned him about the fact that the paint would probably just come off again, but he was still thrilled. It was a fun project and well worth it. I haven't seen it since gifting it away, but I'm guessing it looks similar now to what it did when the paint first burned off.