Plastic screw from inside outlet box to stud
Man, you guys just looooove your plastic boxes.  You'll do anything to keep em.
I'm a metal conduit guy and it would never occur to me to use a plastic box.
Using a screw to attach a box to a joist isn't even a problem in my world.  No inspector would flag a metal box for that.
The screw holes you use, they're either pre-made or you drill them (set that drill on FAST and push hard)... and that's fine, you're allowed to do that. Metal is inherently strong enough.
Plastic you have to attach it at its designed anchor points or it'll crack.
If you're going through drywall with a metal box, you buy the (typically a 4x4) box and an appropriate 1-gang or 2-gang mud ring.  The 4x4 boxes have more room than a 1-gang box.  The drywall hole only needs to be as big as the mud ring - NOT 4x4.
If you need great gobs of room, you use a 4-11/16&quot; deep (2&quot; or 3-1/4&quot; deep) box again with a 1-gang or 2-gang mud ring.  Again hole is only 1 gang in size but you have lots of cubic inches behind it.