I read on here that some of our folks can smoke a 10 lb bird in 4 hours. On mine, it takes 6 to 6 1/2 hrs to get it to 170 internal temp. I haven't checked the temp on the LED readout with an oven thermometer, and probably won't, but it sure is a simple way to cook. Like G, I bought the remote thermometer and check on the cooking from the kitchen.