That's a great deal. Happy for ya. Yep, that dust can be a bugger. BTW, the Traeger warranty is good. I had a problem with mine not holding the temp about a year into service. Called up the place where I purchased it and that afternoon they came out and replaced EVERYTHING. The motherboard and controls were an upgrade to the OEM even. The repairman said.. I don't know for sure what's wrong with it...replacing everything should fix you up. He smiled and so did I. My cooker will be three years old in May. I use it two or three times a week.. more in the summer. I have no idea how many bags of pellets I've turned to ash. I have no complaints.
Maintenance...
Speaking of pellet dust and such, I found a small shop vac ideal for cleaning out the smoker. I don't know if you've addressed cleanup yet but I highly recommend a vac for cleaning out the ash.
It will build up in the bottom of the cooker and will eventually make a sizable pile in the burn pot.
I know some of those ashes also back feed into the auger tube. A vac makes short work of it.
Both chops and brats are winners in my book. My wife recently bought a pork loin that was on sale. I cut half into chops and plan on smoking the other half. Both were repackaged and put in the freezer. I almost thawed the chops for today's cook.
Tonight I'm grilling out some ribeye steaks. I have them marinating now in my favorite concoction. I will smoke some corn on the cob, bake a couple of potatoes, and saute some portobello mushrooms. 
