I only have 2 cooks so far. The first I used the PBC web site instructions. All kingsford, lid on. Flavor was amazing with both chicken and ribs but ribs a BIT fatty (I think they needed more time) and chicken was not crisp - may have needed more time. Flavor on both was off the chart. This past cook was wings that I just posted. Bottom line is this cooker is really easy to use, fast, and I am not sure I have gottne flavor this good, and this consistently, on any cooker. Note - I got this because it is NOT a smoker - my wife does not like heavy smoke flavor. What this does do is give a real smoke influence without the heaviness.
I love it so far. Read 1Bigg_er's thread that has like 22 pages. A veritable bible.