KY, years ago I was a charcoal guy and so was my now ex-bro-in-law and our Mother-in-law asked why we don't use gas, probably because my doofus ex-bro-in-law was drunk and wouldn't listen to me how to start the coals and was taking too long getting heat...
I made the comment I wouldn't use a gas grill even if somebody GAVE me one...
Next Christmas, Santa (or my MIL?) got us BOTH gas grills...
You know, you season those lava rocks or whatever they are called with ENOUGH steak grease the food on them tastes really good too...
Plus when both my wife and I worked, it was easy to get home and throw the steaks on the grill in 5 minutes instead of working with the charcoal...
And we use the grill year round, I burn out a grill in two years, doesn't matter if it's a $100 elcheapo or a $400 GrillMaster, two years max before it rusts or burns out...and at 5 degrees or so, it's a HELLUVA lot easier to run out and fire it up and run back in to the warmth than to stay out there trying to get the coals brewing...
(I swear to heaven my NEXT one will be a Weber...and if THAT craps out in two years, I will buy nothing but the cheap ones and replace it every year...
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But I have my sons old two level smoker on my porch with enough hickory and cherry saved out of my wood over the years...
Venison ribs slow smoked and rubbed after being brined for a couple of days in some goofy brine mixture that includes "your leftover coffee from this morning" tastes REALLY good....