vertical water smoker

In your estimation, what pitmakers are in the "A" class of IVC manufacturers, "B" class, "C" class, etc? (B does not necessarily mean a bad product, just not "best" like A-class.....think like grade school :) A is best, B is good, C is average, etc.) Why? Any to avoid? Why?

Here are a few pictures of where we are on this project. Here on Guam we don't have the luxury nor funds to pickup one of these awesome smokers that I see here all of the time. We usually have to improvise and or build for ourselves. Tell me what you think.

Ok, lots of reading, and Internet searches about how to prep my first pork bellies for bacon. As many opinions as I found, you'd think I was searching for brisket ideas. So I'm on a bacon journey...I found local pork bellies at an Asian market. They had already been cut down to 2 pound slabs...