I have not cooked on a commercial FE but have used the Southern Pride units 300 and 500.
Great smokers, consistent product, i also seem to get great yield (almost 70%) on butts. You do have to feed it logs regularly and i would guess the maintenance would be lower than the FE's.
The Old Hickorys are basically the same as the SP.
Good luck and where's the new location going to be?
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You really want a non stop smoking machine, look at the JR Oyler.
Just sayin.
