I am a new Weber Q owner,, I resisted and suffered with a Road Trip,, hate the water pan and clean up sucks!
The Q is awesome, All I gotta say is,, try it,, youll like it!
Now for camping,, We are relaxing and taking our time, I like Old School so I carry a Smokey Joe, charcoal (Actually Royal Oak) is the best flavor,, I use the little Weber fire starter blocks,, no chemical flavor. Oh and a Chimney,, they make a half sized chimney that we take camping.
Also,, you can do the mod with a 32 quart tamale pot (check the internet) and it makes into a nice little smoker!
Bummer on the drifting smoke,,but after all its camping and we cook outdoors, What bugs me is cigarette smoke! But the cig smokers don't care so I go about what I need to do!! Never hd a complaint yet..
But yeah,, weber Smokey joe and a Q propane for us!!