I not being the smartest guy in the world have decided to try my first brisket while having 20 people over on Sat. for dinner.......im not to worried as I have not had any bad experience with any of my other smokes because of all the awesome help from this site and its members. Can anyone give me some input on their fool roof method? pull and foil? what temp to foil if foiling? mop no mop? spritz with appe juice?? One thing putting me at ease is it seems that everything is working for everybody and it seems to be a prefernece thing.........put me at ease guys!!! I will get some pictures and post, I am also cooking a bunch of spares and am going to try the 321 method and also a big pork loin.........im making myself hungry. ANy tips would be much appreciated, woood suggestions?? Thanks you guys rock!!!!