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I can't easily find butcher paper. Could I use a brown paper bag instead?

Swordfish is a nice firm fish to smoke, but I've also had some great smoked butterfish, also known as black cod. It's a much softer flesh fish, but is it ever good when smoked! Basically, it's all...

Well I'm going to reply to my own question after doing a little Google research, but I didn't get a definitive answer. The Morton's Tender Quick is mostly sugar and salt, with miniscule amounts of...

I've been told that the bark contains most of the creosote, so I don't use it. I also strip the bark from my wood stove wood.

I made the Canadian Bacon recipe from the Smokin Tex cookbook and it turned our really good with the pork loin. I did the entire 5 day cure with the Morton's Tender Quick, the 30 minute ice water...

I've been using my smoker for quite a while now. I started off using it as directed, using aluminum foil on the bottom and on the smoker box. After each use, the foil was messy and sticky to remove,...

Thanks for the information! I'll keep my turkey in the 10 to 12 pound range.

I also like the idea of butterflying the turkey if it seems too tight of a fit, or just to cook it a bit faster.
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I'd like to know the largest size of turkey I can easily put in my 1100 smoker? Thanks!

(I also posted this on the recipe page, but think this would be a better place.)

I have an 1100 smoker and wonder what is the largest size of turkey I can easily put in it? Thanks!

I know about using foil to line the bottom of the smoker and the top of the wood box, but from some of the pictures I've seen, the grates seem to get very crusty, which looks difficult to clean. Is...