And that's forum doing it's job - glad you took heed and stayed away from the offset smoker - I had one, and soon got rid of it!
Chickens are also another quick option to smoke on the weber I reckon - none of that fancy beercan chicken though - just brine it first and you will never do chickens any other way (unless you live in the US deep south)
+1 for the UDS as well though - you can make then look splendid and much sexier than an offset!