What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Gman]

I've smoked one time ever, not ready to jump in with both feet. Especially considering that my wife continues to declare that the only smoked food that she likes is salmon.

That's one of the reasons I like a digital temp controlled pellet grill. You don't have to slow smoke everything. You could easily cook your food with a higher temp and get some of that wood fired flavor and have an end result that's nice and moist without it being overly smoked. I particularly find this to be the case with poultry which has a mild flavor of its own. I also don't like rubbery chicken skins.

If the temp control is precise, you don't need to keep opening the lid. It's much easier to calculate the time/temp for the amount of meat inside to estimate when it'll be ready.