An Experiment in Scotch

Turned the brisket at 9:30, about 15 min­utes late but I was on the phone with my par­ents. Didn’t get the mop started until just now so it will be another 30 min­utes before I get it mopped. Also had a lit­tle episode where my timer wasn’t on and the temp got up to 318 …

The brisket is room tem­per­a­ture and hap­pily rubbed down with secret stuff. The coals are hot. The smoker is 219 degrees mov­ing towards 235. The hick­ory chunks are pre­pared. It’s time to start smok­ing. 14 pound brisket, 8 PM start time, so that baby should be done tomor­row morn­ing around 10:30 or so. Then the …