Ignore the
RecTec/
RecTeq fanboys. They cannot evaluate competing cookers accurately. The only response you'll get is to buy what they bought. Totally unobjective. MAK and Cookshack are better hands down, but they wouldn't know that.
That said, Traeger is just a brand now, owned by an investor, the Traegers now work for Pit Boss.
Camp Chef is still family owned and they're trying to stay competitive.
If you can afford a Traeger look at MAK and Cookshack. Yoder and
Camp Chef are also quality.
RecTeq is just a marketing machine with unpaid brand evangelists. The brand worship is extremely weird.