Welcome from Idaho! Although I have no business offering advice because I only own a mini version of one of the units you are thinking about, here are a couple of considerations:
- Kamodo style - looks really pretty, and cooks quite a few styles of food. I don't have lots of experience (I have a Big Green Egg Mini), but the wife loves it. She does not love my SRG, which is slightly reminiscent of a PBC. I love my SRG, and only use the BGE Mini when the wife insists
- PBC - I have no experience with this type of cooker, but from the posts I've seen, it performs in a stellar way when it comes to a wide variety of cooking.
The bottom line from my ignorance (keep in mind that wives are often similar - they really don't care about how well a machine cooks, just how good it looks) is that if you want the deck to look great, and keep the wife happy with the appearance of the place, get the ceramic cooker. On the other hand, if you want your guests to fall in love with food, the PBC might be the ticket - it looks more like a serious "Q" implement while the ceramic cookers in my opinion are more "yuppy"
