re: Opinions on electric smokers?

I have a Brinkman. Had it for about ten years. I've replaced the element once and the grates. It works great with some metal boxes I got from Wal Mart for wood chips.

My only complaints are it is too small to hold a full rack of ribs and sometimes even a large brisket. And it really has no way to control temp. I've just learned to work with it. My standard day starts at 7 am plugging it in, 30 minutes later the wood chips and meat go on. I usually have to add chips about every two hours. After about 6-8 hours, it's ready.