Show Us Your Meat, and We'll Show You Ours

[CaptainHenreh]

If you want cheap, get a Weber Kettle and use it as a smoker. Or try to find a Weber Smokey Mountain used on Craigslist if you want a dedicated smoker.

Both of those are charcoal which I don't want and the smokey mountain costs more than most electric and gas smokers I've come across.

Have you tried to maybe make some of your own DIY smokers? It at least would be cheap and fun.

I mean, the problem is that "set it and forget it" doesn't work for smoking because it's a sllllloooowwww but constant process. That's the point. That's the reward for your patience and time.