Backyard 20 gallon RF. 1st build - Advice on too LARGE of Firebox

Man...I love this lil cooker. Worked like champ tonight. Once it gets up to heat it help temp all day / night. Put it work today with a 3 lb brisket and some ABT's and corn. First time I had Atomic buffalo turds...they we're eaten faster than I could grab an after pic of them. Neighbors stopped by and ate them up! The brisket turned out suprisingly good. I was shocked. It fell apart, and honestly I about ruined it. I went about my day and smoked it at 225 for about three hours, was getting a nice bark on it, so I took its temp. It was 190+ degrees already! and hard a rock. I wrapped it tight and slow cooked it the rest of night with some corn and the abt's. So, I was surprised to see how tender it was. No need for a knife, it fell apart...So, being that I never cooked a brisket before, my family was impressed as I was. Next time it will just be better, that 3lb chunk just hit its temp much sooner than I thought.

As it was cooking, I decided my shelf was too small and built a swing out extension for it to give some extra room. I also made a handle out of wood because I leaned the handle got HOT and was hard to move without searing your hand.

But. I tell you what it was something else eating smoked goodness on something I made myself.

Thanks! I wanted something different, not black. Here in Texas everyone thinks its missing a white longhorn for UT. Nope. Just wanted something different.