Thanks for taking the time to reply to my little hissy-fit.
I've met Steve, and he seems like a really good guy, and I love my Smokin-It.
I guess I just get a little defensive of Cookshack because if I had to stick to the ones I had before I got my CS (charcoal,gas, wood, even a Brinkman electric), I probably would have given up by now.
I still have many fond memories of my Cookshack (which is now still turning out great Q "on long term loan" at a friend's house, who uses it every weekend).
I actually think the electrics are superior to the Fast Eddy pellet smokers, except for the fact that competitions won't accept Q cooked on electrics.
Why?
I'm convinced it's because they know we'd have a big advantage turning out better Que over all the good ol boys with their big rigs.
I don't care what the heat source is.
All I care about is how it tastes.
I had a long-time BBQ competitor -- the kind that has a hitch on his smoker -- over one day for some ribs from my Cookshack, and his comment (not to me, but whispered to someone else) was that they were better than any he'd every turned out.
So rather than competing with each other, we should all be evangelists for Cookshack and Smokin-It and even SmokinTex, cause they all turn out better Q more reliably and with less work.
No offense intended and no offense taken.