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You can never go wrong with brining. But if you inject, brining is not really needed to get a juicy bird. There's many brining recipes but a simple salt, sugar and apple juice is hard to beat. 12hours (overnight) is plenty long enough I believe. Personally, considering your plan, I would brine...
If you inject it as planned with the creole butter injection, you won't need to brine. It will be plenty juicy enough. Do it the night prior to smoking. I would suggest a Cajun rub. A little under the skin and plenty in the cavity and outer skin. It will be awesome!
Here's a link to 5 I did...
Leave your firebox door open for a few minutes when adding your split....this will help ignite your split. Your temp should not drop too much. As far as adding spits to maintain a constant temp, its a timing thing. With practice/experience you'll know when to add a split and how much to maintain...
Ya, don't give up! Just come back to it later. Sounds like the 3 hours in the oven dried it out. Agree with resting it in a cooler. I use a moving blanket.
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