Face it, as I learned from my older model (Junior Elite), that the state of the art was more primitive back then. It worked, but there were occasional misfires, like the time I had a auger fire in the middle of cooking our Thanksgiving Turkey.
I made modifications, imagine that, to improve the sealing, was careful about wind direction etc. but knew it could be much better. I held out for many years and then looked closely at the latest generation (2019) and chose the Timberline. The Junior was like a proof of concept pellet grill, the Timberline fixed everything I knew needed fixing, plus things I'd only wished for.
Is it perfect? nope, but very close, and with a few tweaks here and there it's a joy to use. A year and a half now, and it still looks like new.
Pellet grills are inherently more "fiddly" than gas grills, I too have a beautiful stainless gas grill, it is 8 years old and looks perfect, it's consistent every time, and it sits idle, only because I prefer wood fired cooking.
Your gas grill is a valid choice and I'm sure it won't aggravate you, life is short, pick your battles.
Best of luck.
