I skimmed through this thread and haven't seen anything about kamados -- if I missed a post, I apologise. One thing to consider, eddiek2000, is whether you want to smoke meat in winter. If you get bit by the smoke bug hard enough and are on the tough side, you'll want to choose a smoker that will server you well in the dead of winter. I have a kamado, I live in Ontario, Canada, and I can smoke anything any time of the year. You don't have to put out as much cash as Big Green Egg or Primo, some of my US brothers have been finding Vision kamados at Costco less that $500 and one found one for $3XX and something. I love my charcoal-fired Vision kamado, it's fantastic and very close to set it and forget it. Short learning curve, too. First time I used it I won a Throwdown. The cheaper Vision kamados my US brothers bought didn't come with the lava smoking stone but I think they are available now to order from Vision. You can McGyver your own, too, there's a thread for it, just think twice about any mods that could void your warranty. If I didn't have a kamado I would build a UDS, probably still will in the future. We have a brother in Alaska that gets great charcoal efficiency on his UDS at -40'F. I started off with a COS and hated it, it took way too much time fiddling. Like you, I don't have time for that and would smoke very little if I had to fiddle and babysit for a significant amounts of time. I've never used a WSM so I can't weigh in on that, but I do know someone that bought a kamado and sold their WSM shortly after.