I appreciate the response. ...I'll admit I was a little shocked at the lack of responses to my question on this site, given the number of seemingly knowledgeable folks on here. I asked this question on another site and had a TON of great info and dialog within hours.
As I have stated in nearly all my posts, I'm new to Homebrewing. I assumed my statement of such in this recent question further established that, but if there were confusions, ...my apologies. The post to three "sub-forums" was due to my past experience in other forums where people with different passions and insight often parsed themselves out into different "communities," seldom venturing into the topics of other "sub-forums" outside their areas of specific interest; posting in two very specific sub-forums, and the general forum was my attempt to get info from the "die-hard BIAB" folks, those that might be more of the committed "mash-tun" crowd, and the general folks as well. Per your trolling/click-baiting comment, I guess I never perceived this site to be a place where that was an issue.
While I understand that - indeed - to each is own in how they develop their wort, my question is - why? What makes some people favor "mash-tunning" (as if that is a thing) over BIAB? Are there tangible benefits of using a mash tun over BIAB that I am - as of yet - unaware of? I ask because I'd like to know if there is a legitimate reason I SHOULD move toward using a mash tun, sparging, etc. and buying/building the apparatus to do so, or is it simply "another way," that is simply a matter of "to each is own" that isn't something I need to worry about right now? As I start to solidify my equipment needs and comfort in my current brewing efforts, do I NEED to start to move toward using a mash-tun, learning the necessary sparging techniques, etc., or is it simply a different version of doing the same thing? What are the differences (if there are any) so I can make more educated decisions/choices in the future?
I appreciate your opinions...