13lb brisket. I'm thinking 14-16 hours to get this thing cooked, so i get up at 3:30am and get it on the smoker by 4:30am. Well, I fall back to sleep until about 6am and run outside to check the cooker. 350 degrees!!! Not a good thing. I throw open the door and let things cool down a little. Finally settled around 250. Now I'm worried that this $25 hunk of cow is shoe leather. Foiled at 150 and took it off the smoker at 200, 10 hours after starting. Dinner's not until 5:30 and it's just 2:30, so I warmed up the oven to 175 and turn it off. Put the brisket in there to keep it warm. My coolers too small. It came out great! I use Best Choice lump (made by RO) and Red Oak from a down tree in our woods. We ate about half of it tonight. The other half is sandwiches and dinner tomorrow. Here are the pics. Sorry for the picture quality.
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