Looking for starter backyard smoker recommendations

He is welcome and I've had friends of his randomly show up and invite themselves into the backyard while we are hanging out with family, ..anyone is welcome until they overstep their bounds.

I think I have this figured out thanks to some YouTube reviews and comparisons plus extensive input on TGP, just a small barrel style smoker is all I'm after. I have the space and some of the other required tools already so some of the requirements are already met. I'd like to use charcoal and wood rather than electric heat even though it could be a little messier and time consuming, possibly even some trial and error learning. We hang out in the backyard all day throughout weekends and entertain a lot so this would be a fitting activity once or twice a year.

The suggestions above seem to be more of the 'add flavour of smoke' variety or build your own smoker out of an old filing cabinet and that just isn't me.

My buddy made one out of a Keg. Rack of lamb and sirloin roast was mighty tasty but Im not sure if using aluminum is the best. He has sort of a chamber made of a 8" pipe attached perpendicular to the horizontal barrel where the charcoals sit and then a rack mid tube for the flavor woods. The keg had a hinge and a grill 2/3'd of the way down. We clocked the temp at around 180 which is awesome for a low/slow smoke.

My bro in law has a cold smoker. Not sure what that means or how much he has into it. He smoked pretty much everything they ate for about a year and I haven't seen it out in a long time. Cold smoked turkey though, is some of the best I've had. Way better than even deep fried.

Those green eggs though, if you're going to pay thousands for a bbq, it better fry your mushrooms and do your dishes too. Its cultish by pure means of justification