Welcome Hank! You have come to the right place. Old Sarge did not do you wrong. BC is pretty cold, and you want to smoke year-round. When I used my WSM, I never smoked year-round, because it was difficult to keep the vents right to accommodate for the temp, wind, etc. The SI lets me smoke dead winter in Wisconsin, while letting the smoker do the work. And smoke flavor is just as good, if not better than my upright charcoal water smoker. I have come to really enjoy winter smoking. There's nothing that takes the chill off of the winter blues and make you think spring more than some nice smokey ribs!