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Reply to "Smokette arrives today, first smoke tomorrow...Need Advice!"

Mixing Chicken and Pork is not a great idea for a few reasons:

- Cross Contamination: You do not want semi-raw chicken drippings mixing with the Pork unless you plan on some quality time in the bathroom!

- Flavor: Poultry picks up smoke flavor quickly. I would only use one small piece of wood for two chickens, but 6 oz of Hickory for Pork Butt. If you combine meats one of the two will not come out right.

- Texture: Pork Butt needs low & slow temp like 225. Poultry has no tough connective tissue and the skin will turn out best if you pre-heat your smoker to 300 degrees or higher before adding the chicken.

Whole birds (around four pounds) only take a couple of hours at higher temps. Why not cook your pork, foil it in a cooler, and then cook your chickens? I'm sure the guests would like to see them coming out of the smoker.

Hope that helps!
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