q kitchen

I'd call John Shifflett at CS sales and talk to him about your specific needs,as they don't monitor these forums.

They can also talk to you about any mods,venting issues,etc.

They also are involved with tradeins/ups and can grow with you.

They're very new on the market, so probably isn't much actual usage out there to report on.

You might want to start a thread in the pros forum, there are a number of caterers there.

Your answers:

1. No
2. Depends. Are you trying to cook all of those types, some of those types or just one of those at a time. Quantities for each of those is something you'll have to know. For catering are you trying to cook 4 briskets and 4 butts and 12 ribs and 30 chickens.. It's a guess for us, but you really need to figure out what you're going to be selling (business plan) so it can help steer you to the right capacity/style of smoker
3. See #2
4. My vote is yes, but it depends on #2 also
5. Why? Think business plan and how you want to cook/deliver. Also consider the health dept, they may have requirements about cooking on site or cooking at a commissary. Probably not the safe thing to do with any smoker, going down the road with a fire going.