In article .com,
had this to say about that...
Hi there.I'm a complete newbie,and I MUST have a smoker.lol.I'm tired
of the propane grill I have.What I was wondering is...does anyone know
of a inexpensive smoker for the inexperienced? I'm in Ottawa,Ontario.
Thanks.

Me too, I've been lurking on this group for a while, these people
drove me into a frenzy as well.
I just picked up a cheap offset smoker at Canadian Tire at Hunt Club
and Merivale. [They still had some left last week]
It was pretty cheap, [$140?] but I figured it would be OK to fool
around on.
It was easy to assemble and the instructions must have been written by
an American, I could actually understand them!
Pick up some Royal Oak Lump while you're there, I enquired and they
stock it year-round.

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