I have had about every smoker that’s in your price range and still not completely satisfied ! if time allows so that you could save up some more funds I would wait until you could afford a pellet smoker ! I currently have a cabinet style electric smoker that does good but you have to load the wood chips about every 45 mins and yes they make smoke cannons etc ! I have several friends that has the pellet smokers and as long you use them under a covered area they do great! Fill the hopper set the temp and let it do its job! My next one will be a pit boss or something along that line!