How long to smoke?

[LeadSlinger]

I posted a new thread  "My first brisket pics"

[OU812]

I posted a new thread  "My first brisket pics"

Allrighty then,,,,,,,,,Ill look for it.  ;D

[TedEbear]

Well woke up this morning to my IT being 209....wish I would have woke up an hour or so sooner....but I babied her until 2:00 am and knew I needed to get some sleep.

Apparently, it all turned out OK.  You might want to get something like a Maverick ET-732 remote temp monitor.  You can set the food temp setpoint to warn you when it reaches the desired IT and then you don't have to stay up monitoring it or wake up to an overdone piece of meat.

[sdcaller]

I'm doing my first brisket tomorrow.
It's a small half--4lbs.
I plan to cook for a total of 6 hours at 225 degrees with 3 hours of smoke at the start.
I plan to use hickory and apple bisquettes with a couple of mesquite in for flavour.
It's in the fridge right now, after having been well rubbed with a "Texas" dry rub I made up and I slathered it with dijon mustard diluted with white wine.
Does everything sound about right?
SDC

[TedEbear]

I plan to cook for a total of 6 hours at 225 degrees with 3 hours of smoke at the start.

Does everything sound about right?

Cook by internal temp, not time.  It may take around 6 hours but most people shoot for an IT of around 190*F, regardless of how long it takes to get there.

Don't forget to post pics of the results.   :)