Yeah looking at the Pro Q too. Went down to meatstock earlier in the year and some off the offsets are pretty good set ups. Even the pellet fed ones look user friendly.
I used the brisket from harris farm when i had a crack. Just cut it in half and did 2 cooks. Not ideal. If you can get a couple of mates to chip in for the beer $70 for the brisket and plenty of drinking hours works out at a fair trade to me.