There are a lot of opinions on HTT, many are based on the old style. HTT have come a long way in recent years. I would say you are mostly right on your points. re the cooking, ya the cooking area is generally far away, we have cooked bacon in the trailer a number of times and the trailer does not smell like it. Just use the fan in the fume hood when cooking smelly food. Another thought, imagine a regular trailer that has 2 queen sized beds (3 if it is a 3 tent end HTT). For a traditional TT that would require a large trailer (and thus weight). With a HTT you can get quite a lot of space for very little weight. It is like getting a 30' trailer that tows like a 20' trailer.
