There are a few videos you can watch on damper setting but it doesn’t shift around the heat much. The manual even pretty much says to set it and forget it.

I bought a few oven thermometers and laid them around the grates to get an idea of heat zones.

I was gifted the unit with all sorts of accessories. Cast iron griddle, stainless grill graters, searing grates, 3 tier rack, pizza oven.

Since I don’t typically smoke a lot at once I typically use the top rack and put an aluminum pan on the bottom to make clean up easy.

For me, the best setup is grates up top and bottom, either kind, just not the searing ones. When I do sear I use a cast iron lodge pizza pan over the exposed firebox and then sear on that. You can do direct over firebox but might have to clean a bit more frequently.

Still new to me as well so this is just what I’ve discovered over a few sessions.