What type of cooking unit you using? a couple of years ago I did a turkey in a great outdoors, smoky mountain series, gas smoker real low for about 6 hours, and it was great. But nothing beats the one I did on a camping trip 13 years ago on one of them orange capsul looking brickett burning ones. started it in the morning, went hicking 4hrs later restoked the Kingsford, went hicking again, came back at dinner time, and had the best thanksgiving diner my wife and I can remember. bin wanting to do one on my new Treager but I did a chicken and the skin turned out like rubber