To explain what I mean, I think you can level up a cooking style. For example, pasta. At level 1, you’re boiling dried pasta and adding sauce out of a jar. At level 1, you add your own spices. Level 3, switch to fresh pasta. Level 4, make your own sauce. And finally at level 5, make the pasta from scratch.
So with BBQ, I guess level 1 would be cooking the meat so it’s neither burnt nor underdone. Maybe level 2 is mixing different meats/cuts that have different heat/time requirements and cooking well. Further levels = ?
Yeah I think the ability/know how to use the wood burning smoker is more important than actually using it. I can do it but after starting a family I don’t have the time for tending those longer sessions. But putting it on the pellet smoker and being able to forget it until the thermometer chirps is bliss