Hey welcome to the forum! Very cool I don't know if anyone else here has Jamie's backyard model. Please post pics! I looked into his backyard model recently but opted for a Lang 36. I'm sure others agree with me when I say that we like seeing pictures of everyone's pits and their cooks!I have this backyard jambo pit. Got it about three weeks ago and used it about 5 times. I never cooked on a reverse flow pit so I can't comment on the differences between the two of them. I will say that the jambo keeps the same temp (within 10 dre) from front to back and right to left. It takes a little bit of time to get used to it. It has a very large cooking area 48x24. The fire box is also large. It cooks very clean nice blue smoke from the stack. I am very happy with it. Had to call jamie a few times to get help adjusting the vents. After I played with it for a few times I got it right.