Hey all... thanks for the advice. BigBelly, I just realized I was in your town yesterday. My wife, daughter and I took Highway 86 east from my brother's and his wife's home in Castle Rock and met up with I-70 out by Limon! If I would have known, I would have hollered at ya! Neat looking little town Elizabeth is (Yoda mod).
Actually, we didn't have much trouble holding temps in our cook Sunday. No little rock needed. We kept the dampers open on the fire box all the way for the most part except when temps spiked and we got about two hours on a load of Kingsford. I brought a 1 cuft bag of hickory splits from Missouri with me as all he said he could find was chips. (Any idea where he can get hickory, etc. in your area, BigBelly?).
The ribs and brisket both turned out a lot better than I expected, just from not knowing what I was up against. My brother spent a lot of time on monday eating leftover ribs cold out of the fridge! We had some of his neighbors over and they loved the dinner also!
One day my brother, who registered here at the site will actually quit being shy and introduce himself. I don't even know what name he chose here! His real name is Marc so we'll see... (hint, hint, bro)
