Thanks for the ideas, end up pitching the SS, it was only 15 lbs. The outside was dry as saw dust wihile the middle was completely raw. My smoker is home made, propane gas with a PID controller, my snack sticks came out perfect. I am going to recheck all my thermometers and thermocouplers, and try it again next weekend. I think I might do a couple turkeys to make sure everything is working properly, got a couple for $.49 a pound so I won't be out much. The thing that really bothers me about the whole thing is my old smoker made out of a junk fridge that I had for about 15 years that was completely manual heat control, I made hundreds of pounds of SS and it turned out great, now that I have a new one that is completely automatic for heat control I can't make ss at all.