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Greetings all. Let me just say that I am happy to be in the presence of all you fans of BBQ. So heres my story. I fell in love with a brinkmann pitmaster deluxe. My gf bought it for me for our anniversary (thats love). Upon taking it home I had to return it on account of being all rusted inside. When I took it back all the ones they had there were rusted. I went to another store and bought one. When I went to pick it up the firebox door had a 3/4" gap all the way around. I told the guy, 'how do i regulate heat with all this leakage'. To make a long story short I did some research and have heard nothing but great things about the WSM. So when I went back to pick up the Crapmaster Deluxe, I asked for my money back. Turns out the guy said they had to return 4 other brinkmanns on account of all the fireboxes being dented in. I took my money and went and bought a WSM. Assembled it in about 15 mins (it was dark outside). I also bought a weber chimney and some lump wood. Heres my 2 questions. 1. Do i need to season this thing? Should I atleast run it for awhile to get the smells are whatever out? 2. I was planning on using lump charcoal, but after reading around on this I guess Kingsford charcoal is the way to go huh? Thank you all for any answers you may give me. Also, I hear the WSM might go up by 50 degrees the first time. I am planning on making a brisket this weekend and wonder what I should do? P.S. I have a maverick ET-73 on the way /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif