I'd always wanted to be able to smoke some foodstuffs and bought this mainly for that purpose; it's a great pressure-cooker also and very useful and convenient (easy to use too!) Sadly, I remember the 'old' quality and this does not compare to being half as sturdy - even down to the Tower logo which fell off after the 1st use as it is plastic and (not metal) and only has simple adhesive to glue it on. After an initial trial and error, I have used the hot-smoking feature many, many times for pulled pork and beef dishes and have been delighted with the flavour and tenderness of the meats, however, it will not cold smoke at all. I love smoked fish and cheeses and have tried this function several times but the smoker will not heat up and I open the cooker several minutes later to find food exactly as it was when I 1st put it in. The pressure-cooking has been great and so easy when compared to my older non-electric cookers, so I have really put it to some tasty recipes and loved the simplicity of its use. I'd love to see more recipes included to put it to full use, but as time has passed, I have become used to how it operates and made up my own...some have had to be re-cooked for a few minutes longer as I've been working in the dark somewhat due to so little guidance when it was purchased. Overall, I would be lost without it and would buy again, even though I cannot make full use of all its features.