[RKDinOKC]

I recently got a Charbroil Truinfrared Smoker, Roaster, Grill. It is basically a propane oven with a small smoker box to ad flavor that also has a grill on top. Temps range from 650°F to 300°F. Am very surprised at how well it does. Especially since it takes a LOT less time to cook even at 300°F. Found one for $125 so figured it was worth a try.

Did my 20lb Thanksgiving turkey using a leave-in bluetooth thermometer and it was cooked in just 1 hours. Wrapped it in foil and a towel and let it set in a cold oven for 30 minutes to finish out. It was wonderful. Had both it and a roast in bag oven cooked turkey at our family dinner and there wasn't any smoked turkey left. It was ever bit as tender and juicier than the oven bagged turkey and also had a smooth smokey flavor (used Applewood) that everyone loved.

Have also smoked a pork butt that turned out really tender, juicy, and delicious. I don't understand how, but it comes out much different than cooking in an oven. They claim it is because it uses infrared heat instead of air to cook so doesn't have the tendency to dry the meat out. As with the turkey once it gets up to temp you remove it from the smoker, wrap in foil and let finish cooking (slowly cool) for 30 minutes.

I also really enjoy leaving it cranked on high, putting a couple charcoal briquettes in the smoker box and grilling. Then every thing cooked on the grill top is just like it was cooked on a charcoal grill without having to mess with lighting and managing the charcoal. Have really gotten into mixing different chips and charcoal for different smoked flavors. Just load up the smoker box, light it, and by the time I've got the meat ready to slap on the grill or drop in the smoker it is hot and smokin.

Instructions say you can not put chips in the smoker box and it cooks stuff like a fryer. The recipe says you just rub the bird down with peanut oil before cooking. But haven't tried it yet. So far I'm enamored with smoking. Have tried doing some burgers with out the smoker chips and even without the smoked flavor they were more flavorful and juicy than my gas grill ever did.