I've been looking at these: smokai
I have an old commercial freezer that a friend turned into a smoker that just used a hot-plate. It's on my project list to get a smokai unit and fix up that freezer.
No experience with it - but they look to be pretty flexible.
That sucks you've had to go down a rough road. I do believe that being an advocate for yourself and finding the right physician is 99% of healthcare. The insurance / billing really sucks - I have too many stories there. Good thing that my wife handles that side.
I have similar stories of...
I had an issue last year with my spotting scope. They were great to work with - and my issue didn't end up costing anything (only my cost to ship to Swaro).
I did understand that they could come back with a specific issue not covered under warranty - in which case I would have been responsible.