re: In the market for a grill/smoker

Go to Lowes and get a 4 burner weber. Charcoal is good and I cook on it but if you want to cook outside, you're also going to want convenience. A high quality gas grill gives you that.

You can also purchase smoke tubes like the amazen smoker that work really well at providing smoke in a gas grill but you'll probably need two of them. Low and slow is easy on a gas grill.

If you're only getting one. Get gas and make it high quality.