I know man... I've looked up and down the list, even expanded my search area to neighboring states. Not sure why people think their rusty ass pits are worth 2-3k.
Smitty just pulled out the best of the worst of the POS posts. At least our CL has something to actually pick from. My dad lives in Mobile... you type in smoker- you might get 4 hits and two of those will be crappy running cars.
I fully realize that it's the cook, not the cooker that turns out good food. But, I will never believe that a good cook could turn out anything but trash on the POS cookers on that list