My wife is the same way. She's never once questioned or raised concerns about any grill/smoker of the years. I've trade grills/smokers in and out as time has gone on. I can not get her to budge on selling one of our Mini Big Green Eggs.
You can get a Blazn Grillworks Grand Slam for about $1,400 or so. They are made in the US. I have heard good things about them, but never owned one. All my cookers are US made, but I just bought my step son a Rec-Teq 590. He loves it.
Those look incredibly similar to Yoder pellet grills, any relation?