Greetings to all from Pearland (suburb of Houston), Texas! Very new to smoking - had a Brinkmann Electric Gourmet smoker for about 4 months - very unhappy with the results (no temp. control), so Monday I bought myself a Christmas present of a 40" MES model 20070407 from Sam's club. I spent all afternoon Monday seasoning it (thanks to the instructions I found on this forum) and will be giving it a trial smoke with a couple of chickens tomorrow!