The nice thing about those Traegers is that you “set it and forget it”. They maintain temp and smoke and there’s a variety of pellets out there.
I just picked up my first offset smoker, Oklahoma Joes “Highland” model from Lowes. Seasoned it and took my first crack at it on the 4th. Smoked 6 tri tips with coal and hickory and they came out fantastic. Didn’t have to tend the hotbox much (easy boys), and cooked them for about 2.5 hours.
I’m pretty happy with it so far and it’s built very well. The thing weighs a ton! Takes two people to get the box out of a truck (or one clever little Mexican dude). I assembled it myself, but it would’ve been much easier with two people. The metal wheels can probably leave rust stains on a deck, so that is something to look out for.
Maybe someone here who has some experience with the Traeger can chime in?