I guess it's different strokes for different folks, but we love our Cobb Grill. Need to add the grill mats and the grill grates.
We can grill, smoke, bake, sear or what ever we desire. It does have a learning curve, but not steep for any kind of outdoor cooker. Our first cook was a whole broasted chicken with potatoes & onions in the moat. Either we were very lucky or not, but it turned out great. Not to mentioned the ease of cooking.
Clean up is not the easiest, but I'm pretty picky about that.
Long story short: We love our Cobb Grill. And it is very compact for storage.