Hi Dano,
Welcome! Based on your name I'm from your area, as I'm North Dakota raised farm kid now working in the tech world for many years.
I agree, these smokers work awesome even in cold weather. Most of my smokes have been made during below zero temps with no problems at all keeping up. The only thing is the power cord is pretty stiff compared to those blue or yellow ones they sell up here for cold weather. Yes us northerners sometimes need to plug in our non-hybrid cars to help loosen up that motor oil... I might change it out on the smoker, but that is a job for warmer time of the year.
Cheers,
Wik