Workhorse Pits? Anyone own or smoke on one?

Workhorsepits.com offsets

First, I'm not interested in the 'drama' that seems to pop up around this builder/owner and other parties making smokers around Lockhart/Austin.

I'm a bit torn between this and Evie Mae and something else. I don't want to get into a multi-year wait or settle for a lesser quality smoker. l want to be able to use one while healthy and young enough to enjoy it, unlike my Safari dream that went down the tubes with shoulder and back injuries from people who felt rear-ending me in Arizona was worth the risk to get to work ~30 seconds sooner, or not at all.

Primitive Pits seems to be well regarded by respected pitmasters who run commercial operations. Workhorse Pits is owned and run by the same person. So, I'm assuming it is a solid smoker choice for traditional flow non-cabinet offsets.

Who owns or has cooked on a Workhorse pit? Who has seen one in person? How does it compare to other ~$3K (1975 model versus other ~24"x~48" traditional offsets) patio smokers?

Best Regards,
Sid

p.s. And yes, I realize reverse flow (EM/Shirley) versus traditional flow differences

The Primitive Pits 250-gallon on skids starts at $4970 with a late 2020 delivery date. From my previous research, the Austin/Lockhart 250-gallon options all seem to run $5K~$6K so, cheaper than some but without detailing feature differences, they seem to be about the same price overall. Now add shipping from Georgia versus shipping from 'across the street' and, I would assume some would be even cheaper than Primitive Pits 'landed' in Texas.

Workhorse specs look very good but, just like shopping for tractors, specs only tell you somewhere between 25% and 50% of the whole story. The initial spec'man'ship shows the firebox to be a bit longer than average (27") which I really like and, everything is 3/8ths steel so, another advantage over much of the competition.

Dustin Dorsey said:

I'm interested in workhorse as well but he says in the video that it's .3144 inch steel which is more like 5/16 than 3/8. Still way heavier than 1/4 inch.
Either way. I'm looking at getting a pit that size soon and workhorse is very high on my list.

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I missed that YouTube but, I also could not get the videos to load yesterday either.

Regarding thickness:
Gauge 0 is 5/16ths or 0.3125" or 7.9375mm for flat steel. 0.3144 seems like a little bit of an odd specification for steel but, I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night either. :wink:

Do another search. There are several threads and posts more recent than this with people who bought and received one. Overall, they seem to be well regarded but, don't have a vocal fan base of some other brands.

Personally, if I hadn't scored both a Shirley and later an Evie Mae, there is a high probability one would be at my place today.