Thanks to everybody that has commented in this thread. After a few days of reading on many different smokers and my ever desire to play around with things, I have decided on my next smoker.
I have decided to go with the UDS (Ugly Drum Smoker). I am in the process of looking for a steel drum that was used with food products. After that the build will begin. My daughter is very excited as she is the artist that will plan the custom paint job that it will get. The only problem is that she is stating that it will be pink.
I think that I will have the final say in color.
I was really leaning toward the Orion as I really like the quick cooking times, but I realized that we only smoke on the weekends and I really enjoy the whole process of the long smoke.