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    Hot spot

    That's great info. But what if you want to keep the brisket whole? Do you think I can just put the whole thing on the left side? And I will definitely take your advice and not smoke anything above 225. Thanks for your help!
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    Brisket help

    Let me know if you pull that off. Totally agree about wasted space. What also sucks is that we have to learn this after cooking a fifty dollar piece of meat.
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    Brisket help

    So i feel your pain brother because the same exact thing happened to me! Apparently, after speaking to a lot of folks on a fb page, the heat deflector does not work that well above the fire pot drastically increasing the temp in the center grate. And i checked the same thing, my plate was...
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    Hot spot

    So I have to ask, how did you cook your brisket? What temperatures did you use? And you really placed it right over the hotspot? I did a brisket last night and placed it right in the middle and the hot spot pretty much burned my brisket at the bottom. I smoked at 250 and was so upset when it...
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