Woke up at 6 am. It was 32 degrees outside. Started the smoker at 250. 6:30 am I filled the AMPS with pitmasters choice and lit one end. Took the rubbed 4.2 pound brisket flat out of the refer. At 6:45 put in the brisket on the second rack and the AMPS on the bottom of the MES. Smoker temp dropped to 230, reset for 220. It's now almost 10 am and the IT is already 153 degrees. I was hoping to have it to 203 about 4 or 5 o'clock, pull it and cut about 1/4 off to cube up for burnt ends but at this fast rate of cooking I thinks it's gonna by done a few hours early. It's not a big deal since it's just for me and the wife for dinner tonight. May just have to reheat it if it's done too soon. I've also been experimenting with putting 4 charcoal briquettes in the chip tray at a time too see if I can get that nice visual smoke ring(just for kicks)
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