Thanks Jill..and to all the folks who offered helpful advice on this project. I can usually handle one turkey a year on T-Day myself...not sure what I was thinking on this The smoked turkey carcass soup was not meant to be. As mentioned the meat taken off the bones was not fit to eat and the more the broth was sampled it was generally agreed that it was not overly flavorful either. Will agree the smoke flavor was not pleasant in soup form..but then again it was also greasy tasting even though it was chilled overnight. It got dumped. One more thing I will know not to try next time. lol.