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Ha! I'd say two 8lb briskets. And I'd take the opportunity to try different rubs and sauces.

 

That’d be nice if I could cut the time in half.

 

I am on holidays in Spain now, Costa Del Sol, Málaga. There ara a lot of beach bars grilling on wood. The wood smells amazing! I just had a first attempt at foil surfing and afterwards sat down asap at the nearest restaurant. Shot some pics, thought it'd be interesting

 

Wow. Not seen seafood done that way ! did you try any?

 

It is f####ng amazing. We've had sardines, octopus (leg),squid and sea bass. Usually I leave my phone at home (so no pics, it didn't happen).

Very simple, extremely fresh, salted well, some lemon.

Don't get me started about the rest of the food round here

The guys (obviously) know what they are doing, saw one stacking the wood with great attention

 

That's awesome. I've never had fresh seafood like that. Been to FL twice and still never went for the seafood.

 

Hahahaa, that's also not my natural inclination

 

Looks tasty!

 

It really is. I’m very proud of him.

 

First brisket ready to go in the smoker! Roughly 5lbs. I have two this size to "practice" on before I do the whole 11ish lb brisket in the freezer. Only added the Killer Hogs A.P. which is just salt, pepper, garlic. Smoker is around 200-215 degrees. 5lbs....maybe by noon it will be ready to rest, if not before.

 

Woo!

 

Noon was an understatement lol. It's probing about 150 right now at noon. So who knows how much longer!

 

It will be worth the wait

 

I wrapped it. Don’t look at dark as all those YouTube briskets. 7 hrs at this point.

 

Meh. I severely underestimated the time. And probably the temp. I was doing 200ish. Then upped it to 225 because it was taking forever and I wanted to eat tonight. Then 275 after the wrap. Took 11 hrs. And because of that I don’t give it time to rest but maybe 15 minutes cause like I said..I wanted to eat tonight. Also not a big fan of the SPG, or I just used to much of it. Kinda salty.

pretty much a disappointment in my opinion. But I know what to do better for the 2nd one

 

What time did you start it ? I try and give briskets a few hrs to rest , the longer the better . Because of that, I usually start my briskets at midnight , shoot for a noon finish, allowing a couple of hrs to rest . It looks good though. I would give it a try

 

@Toothpick , I was willing to cut you some slack, as smoking takes a lot of time to learn. But then I saw the knife...

 

The knife is what made it not so great haha!

 

I put it on at roughly 6am. It was just a 5lb so I thought that would be fine. Nope!