Depends on how you use it.
Mine is hard to regulate the heat. It always cooks hotter and keeps going up so I even have to do steaks at a lower setting with the lid OPEN.
For smoke I go get a good wood and placed it on the grill with the meat and close the lid for about 5 minutes. LIGHT SMOKE FLAVOR ON A GAS GRILL.
Also for that good taste, don't clean it cold. Heat it up HOT, then close the lid. Let it go for about 10 minutes, then turn it down, open the lid, give a sec to cool a bit and THEN wire brush. the old bits fall into the fire and steady your heat a little better and you get a good hot gas grill for cooking a little easier.
Sounds crazy but the shit works for me. I smoked some ribs at my neighbor's crawfish bake two weeks ago on a gas grill and everyone wanted the recipe. TOO BAD THERE ISN'T ONE. TRAIL AND ERROR BITCHES!


