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This is one of my favorite meals and yours look great. We can't live to far apart since I'm in the DFW area also, if I had just known when you were serving!
Smokin-It #3 user here, it's a quality build and I felt like it was the best quality for the price range. It is a set and forget type product. As pointed out by some others if you are looking for more flexibility there are some great pellet smokers that qualify as set and forget as well. Since...
I highly recommend you check out the smoking-it #3 as suggested by others. I gave up on my older model 30 MES after repairing wiring at the heating element several times and it finally got to where it went to full heat and stayed there no matter where you set it. I will say that it gave me 5...
Using the search bar will provide you several threads like this one, I think it has the answers to your questions.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/116138/prepaired-smoked-bologna
Check out the smoking-it brand electrics, built like a tank and have great reviews. After having to replace my MES I did the research and decided on the #3 for me.
Hum---Texarkana is only about 3 hours away and he did say friends and surely this being on the forum he means all of us....right? See ya around 1500 Saturday, surely the margaritas will be frozen by then. ANd don't worry about making something special I like everything you listed!
Welcome to the forum, many find this a good place to get information. There is a E-course available in the drop down tab where you select various forums, that is a good place to start and don't forget the search bar is your friend.
I'll throw another vote for the smoking-it line of smoker, I recently got the #3 model and have just used it a couple times so far. I can tell you it had great reviews when I looked around and one saying I saw more than once where people said that it is built like a tank and I would have to...