Picked one up a couple years ago for $400 only an 1-1/2 hours from home. Guy used it twice to cook corn. It still had the stainless finish on the grates! I use it way more than I originally thought I would. I first bought thinking, what the hell, for the price... But now I use it almost anytime we're entertaining, and I do about half of my smokes on it too. Works great.