Lifetime cookers mean something different to a 40 year old than they do a 60+. Something to think about, if you spend large on a cooker like Shirley, Jambo, Klose etc you can sell it down the road and get a lot of your money back. As well you can put it your will for generations down the line.My Oklahoma Joe's when it's gone it's gone. I wouldn't sell it to anyone. Might gift it. Might leave out for the night gremlins, but wouldn't sell it.
I firmly believe you can cook great food on a COS. As well I believe that there is a quality of life to having the best you can spend.
Oh if I wore a younger man's clothes.
PS and a very personal opinion. I think the best tasting smoked meat comes from a drum. A clean fire drum.