I owned a dozen Southern Pride cookers. Fletcher was the best of the best. He followed me from coast to coast. The Southern Pride smokers do exactly as advertised. The finished product and the end result still come from purchasing the best meat possible. Real honest profits will be obtained using SP pits. The biggest loss to bbq operators is not purchasing the wrong pit it is failure to control waste and shrinkage. The SP can help. Hiring and keeping the right people is where true profits come from. Praise the "Pig and Pass the Napkins"!