I used my new SJP today for the first time. Noticed that it took awhile to come up to temp. I put a full chimney of lump on and another chimney of unlit ontop of that. Due to the lack of an air hole in the bottom of the bowl it took forever to come up to temp. I'm going to take the unibit and drill a big hole in the bottom of the bowl. Going to order an ash catcher from weber that is used on the Smokey Joe Silver. Those side draft vents just don't cut it. JMO Guess i'm just used to the 22.5" kettle.Bryan