Boiled it for about one and a half hrs, skinned it, should probably cut a bit deeper than skin as there is a tough bit of tissue just under the skin, then smoked for two hrs until 190 or so. Needed more time, maybe a wrap for an hr ,but I did not have the time. The flavor to me is kind of corned beaf like. I used a lot of corriander. It was chewy. This was my first attempt at smoking tongue and it needs to be more tender. It would be really be good more tender.