I've roared reading some of the "smoking blender" stories! I broke 3 blenders at the beginning. I said words I didn't know I knew using an electric meat grinder that seemed to want to just chew up but not "spit out" the chicken. I'd spend an hour and 1/2 trying to grind 1 lousy chicken - most of that time taking the %^&$# grinder apart to clean it out. Then I made a decision... hmmmm.. I cut the chicken up, hack the bones in the legs and theighs into thirds and cook the chicken for about 4 hours. Nothing in the world smells as bad (except maybe boiling calves liver like my mom used to do for our dog!).. Yeech! Just an aside here.. my "cleaver" was a Christmas present from my husband after all my cursing and yelling about making chicken gravy!! He an eternal romantic!! LOL When the 4 hours are up I add all the other ingredients - let it cool a while (or if I'm in a hurry - add cold water to each blender full ---- NEVER try to blend hot liquid!) - blend it all, put it thru a strainer - sorry I CANNOT leave the bone shards - and make up 2 cup containers to freeze. The whole blending process now takes me less than 45 minutes.. Now I can save my expletives for other uses!! Love on your fuzzies! Fran Please visit my website Support ADV Research www.FerretsAreLove.com [Posted in FML issue 4597]