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I have the ok joes 4:1. With some mods, it runs pretty well for my short cooks.
For a dedicated smoker, I’m not sure you're going to find any other decent offset in that price range. I’m sure the highland will work, just look up the mods for it, and do them before your first smoke.
I did two separate cooks of butts this weekend. Did them both hot and fast, after 2-3 hours at low temp for smoke. Both were just as good as low and slow, if not better. Both took under 7 hours.