Hey everyone - going to be doing my second attempt at a brisket on my kettle this weekend and trying to get some ideas about the best setup. The first time around it came out good, not great. I didn't have the smokenator at the time and it was a pain struggling with temps (was also a lot less experienced then).
Now I have a smokenator and a bunch more smokes under my belt and trying to figure out the best way to arrange the thing. The longest I have smoked with it was around 5-6 hours. It was easy to maintain temp but I still had to tend to it quite frequently to add water to the pan, shake ash off coals, etc. to keep it going - all things that will stop me from getting any sleep.
Does anyone have any good insights or clever ways to set up so that it needs the minimal amount of attention? If I could go 4-5 hours at a time and maybe wake up once during the night that would be great.
PS - I will be sleeping with my wireless Maverick next to my bed.
Thanks~!
H
Now I have a smokenator and a bunch more smokes under my belt and trying to figure out the best way to arrange the thing. The longest I have smoked with it was around 5-6 hours. It was easy to maintain temp but I still had to tend to it quite frequently to add water to the pan, shake ash off coals, etc. to keep it going - all things that will stop me from getting any sleep.
Does anyone have any good insights or clever ways to set up so that it needs the minimal amount of attention? If I could go 4-5 hours at a time and maybe wake up once during the night that would be great.
PS - I will be sleeping with my wireless Maverick next to my bed.
Thanks~!
H