Thanks. Your post inspired me to cook a brisket this past Saturday. We had a great meal, invited over the in-laws, and had over half left over for eating this week.
I think it came out pretty good, especially considering this was my first shot. I do not have a smoke box, so I kept the fire on one side and the brisket on the other. Also, after cooking for about 9 hours, I wrapped it in foil and cooked for 2 more hours. I also used the mustard and a little brown sugar, along with A1, garlic powder, pepper, salt, and a touch of soy sauce. [I just made the recipe up based on what I had.]
Next time, I can improve by watching the heat. I think I had the fire too hot towards the beginning.
Thats great, I’m glad this thread helped. After labor day start looking around department stores for BBQ grills with side box on clearance sale. They gotta start making room for all that winter and christmas stuff. You should be able to find one for a little over a hundred dollars. Start looking now to see who has them. Accadamy, Sears, Lowes, home depot,local hardware stores and even some large grocery store chains is a place to start. Once they go on sale they won’t last long.