Well I will be perfectly honest. Another smoker I have is a Bradley digital 6 rack. I have used it to make perfect salmon, gravlax, jerky and summer sausage, kielbasa etc, etc....
The only thing and I mean the only thing about it that always bugged me is the dreaded holdover and recovery. I probably have stuffed more than I was ever supposed to into it when I made jerky and what not...and granted I never did the dual element mod that you can read about in the Bradley forums, nor did I do the fan mod that you can also read about, which I know improves the smokers capabilities greatly.
But should you have to mod a $400+ smoker I ask you.
So it seems to me that I should have either done the mods to increase the recovery time and aid in the circulation of heat or not put over 10lbs of anything into the smoker. It a nice smoker and does do a good job of temp control in the summer for sure and I made a home made cold smoke adapter for it for gravlax and bacon.....that's really a great aid. But in the end my quest for a better smoker left me wanting more recovery, more capacity and more smoke....
Would I buy a Bradley again, probably. But I think the portable smokers that use a propane bottle are just as good in terms of capacity now that I have more time in the saddle. In fact you can take those camping and make pulled pork sandwiches in the middle of the Oregon wilderness.