I downloaded their manual/instruction sheet and it looks very intriguing. I also read as much as I could find on the Smoking Meat forum....I'm seriously considering it. Several years ago when I first got interested in smoking meats, I bought a Smokenator. Soon after that I found my WSM and haven't used the Smokenator since (I think I lent it to a friend), but I could see using the Vortex quite a bit.