Finishing off Brisket in kettle?

[Maroun.c]

Hello,
Just got a BlackJack Joe's kettle for BBQ, and wondering about wether it makes sense to finish off smoked meat (brisket and ribs) after wrapping in the kettle.
I have finished briskets in electrical oven and held there as well for hours with good results, however oil dripping in the oven is a mess to clean and gives a load of smoke and burning smell in the home even with a foil coated tray it'll just smoke from the heat.
Kettle I presume should be easy to set the temp to 260-280 and will require less fire control as a bed of coals would last couple hours easily.
My only concern is the heat coming up from below vs smoker or electrical oven where I get heat from above and below as well as a good heat distribution from the fan. Kettle heat will be from below only which worries me for risk of drying the brisket lower side, however as its wrapped and placing coals a bit to the side might just work i believe.
I still have to try the kettle and work out if temp control is indeed reasonably easy. Having to maybe add coals just once during the 3-4 hours cook and also saving on wood i believe are worth a try? Let me know your thoughts or any tips if you tried that .
Thanks

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

If your looking to put it on the kettle after it’s wrapped to make finishing the cook easier I’m assuming your smokin it on a stick burner or something like that? I’m not familiar with the BJ Joe kettle it as long as you keep the temp on the grate where it needs to be in the grill it shouldn’t affect how the meat cooks

 

[Maroun.c]

I smoke.it in an offset smoker (Joe's longhorn )
Yes meant moving it after I wrap.it to the kettle where I can have a bed of coals burning to give constant temp i believe easier and with less need for attending to it than a smoker I believe ? I still have to run a few trial.cooks with the kettle to see how easy temp control is

 

[Astralogics]

You should be fine. It's exactly as you are thinking, you can build your charcoal bed off to one side of the kettle, then place the meat on the opposite end. Check out the snake method for kettle grills! Your snake will be a pretty small one since you'll only be rockin' it for a few hours to finish. You could easily take some of the hot coals from your stick burner to get it started too.

Like SmokingUPnorth said, just make sure that the temp at the grate level of your meat is the around the temp you want it to be.