Most of my turkeys have been on my JR and just recently on the CS 160. I try to cook my birds using conventional cooking times as one would use in an electric oven. I usually cook in the 325 degree range. I don't like a bird to stay on any longer than it has to, usually 3 - 5 hours. On the CS, I cook them at 275 for 5 1/2 hours ( 12 lb birds ). All my birds I will rub with olive oil and insert them in a vinegar soaked ham stockinette to reduce the amount of black on a bird, the vinegar keeps the stockinette from sticking to the skin. I do not brine my birds.