Not sure how long I've been a CS owner, maybe around the turn of the century, but it's all been good. I only write to say thanks to Smokin Okie. I have used the little book from CS that came with the smoker for all my smoking needs until this Thanksgiving when I tried Smokin's brine and turkey smoking methods. It was great and I made another brine for the Christmas Turkey. I stole a bottle of my wife's Chardonnay and added it to the simple brine. Turkey got rave reviews. I saved that brine and got to hens the same size. One I brined for 12 hours and one I didn't. The brined bird after 3 hr. smoking was much bigger than the other and the taste was out of this world. Thank You Smokin Okie, I also used the cheesecloth on the hens and color was perfect with no bitter tasting skin. My family and I "Thank You".
John