Hi all, new to the forum and have just completed a solid 8 hour smoke on the Callow. I picked mine up last year and believe its the 3rd generation.
I've only used it a handful of times but have had good success with it every time.
For the money it seems to be a pretty good bit of kit. There are some areas where I feel the low price is very evident, namely the door latch and the vents. I was sent a replacement door as after only two uses the door handle came right off. This was good as gave me a chance to line the inside of the door with some self adhesive fire rope as I had thought the door leaked a lot of smoke. The vent dampers or whatever they're call are just really cheap. With this, I have bent the tab out away from the smoker that I can get some much needed purchase on them when trying to adjust. One of the bottom vents will not tighten properly and so is either too loose or too tight and I cannot seem to get the right balance. I also think the placement of the bottom vents is just too low, I don't enjoy having to scrabble about on the floor to adjust them!
That being said, 8hrs off one basket of briquettes (Weber) over the weekend and one delicious pork shoulder with very little adjustment or issues is pretty impressive - I even went out for a couple of hours mid cook!
Looking forward to the next smoke!
