Yesterday morning, I got a whole venison front shoulder from the freezer.....it was frozen rock solid, and wifey wanted it thawed out quickly, so I just threw it on the smoker, and set the temp to 200.....it was already wrapped in foil, so I thought what the heck could it hurt.
We both got busy with other activities of the day, and completely forgot about the venison.....about 4 pm, it hit me that the venison was still on the smoker.....long story short, that was the most tender piece of venison that I ever cooked.....I think having it wrapped in the foil was the secret.
I'll never, again, waste my time, thawing out venison before putting it on the smoker.