You might consider reserving some of the liquid you are using in your water pan for mopping the turkey during smoking. As a general rule of thumb, I usually mop whatever I am smoking about every other beer or so. If you don't have large enough papers with which to smoke the bird, I would recommend taking a bunch of 1.5's and sticking them together. Last note: if you do use the liquid as a mop, you might want to consider diluting it with a little beer and/or vinegar to prevent caramelization of the sugars during the smoking process. Good luck and I anxiously await the report of your results.... Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T. Matthew Evans Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology URL: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Accepting all helpful hints, > Suz > >