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Greetings, So, as with many others on the forum, my path started with an initial interest in ceramic cookers prodded by a brother-in-law who liked one that was on "special" at our local warehouse club. I have to say I was unimpressed with the cooker they offered, especially when I Googled it and saw all the reviews. In my search, I noticed a picture of a beautiful, blue cooker. I hit the link and the rest is history..... six months later both of us have beautiful, 32" BB's in Dark Terra Blue. On a side note I talked the B.I.L. in to buying one first, that way I could figure out what options to get with mine. So, I know everyone likes details and pictures so here goes. As I mentioned the B.I.L. got his first so my first impressions were, OMG that is the most beautiful, huge, quality piece of equipment I'd ever seen and WOW are there a lot of pieces and WOW it is heavy. So, I knew I had have one but, maybe a 23" is really as big as I should get..... A couple of pics of the B.I.L. and his new best friend with his first brisket cook. Purchase, Delivery and Unload: After a few weeks of looking and second guessing myself on what size to get I went with the 32", dark terra blue, basket divider, side tables,baking stone, rotisserie, cover and several boxes of coconut charcoal and coffee wood spits. My decision to go with the 32" came down to the premise that you only get one chance to " buy horsepower", after seeing the flexibility to size the cook to whatever you need with the basket dividers and ceramic inserts it just makes sense if you have the room. With the side tables it takes up quite a footprint.... Delivery took about 6 days from California and everything arrived in good shape. So, with the tools shown I began the unpacking process. My plan was to do the unpack and setup by myself, and get some help to move it into place. As you might notice, I had the delivery guy roll the pallet into the garage. One thing to keep in mind is that typically you have to lift the crate up and over the top of the cooker. Inside the garage, I didn't have the head room inside the garage, now you know what the sawsall is about....IMG_0149.m4v Just make sure you have plenty of clearance for your blade path and wear gloves and safety glasses. Any saw will do the job. I won't bore you with the other details of the unpack. Let's just say that, I got it in place and yes, you need to plan and have help for that. The next weekend was a long weekend for Memorial Day (Thanks to all for your service!) so I had a chance to spend a lot of quality time with the BB. I'll let the pics speak for how great the weekend was. Cutting into the belly.....IMG_0110.m4v I'm so looking forward to many more great memories and really appreciate all the insight and experiences from the members of the forum. Last but, certainly not least, I too, am a Big fan of Dennis, have had several conversations with him and all have been enlightening and insightful. The quality of my experience is only matched by the quality of his product....