Depends on what elite is to you.
To me, an elite pellet cooker for smoking is the FEC 120. So, in that sense the answer would be no.
However, as you have seen in this thread ELITE food can be made on this level of cooker with little effort. And, IMO, all the cookers in its class can achieve the same with little differences here and there.
My advice is this. Get the cooker that you keep thinking about. There is no real WRONG or bad choice unless you want a unit that can make Napoli pizzas in 90 seconds. But, the one you keep thinking about WILL keep nagging at you if you don't buy it first even if the other unit does a fine job.