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I am doing my first brisket this weekend. I will be doing in the large WSM. I will be using Minion Method. Can someone tell me the # of lit briquettes I need to add to the unlit ones? Any other advice would be appreciated.
I would use the same amount you would use for any other large meat, like pork butt. I normally lay a ring of unlit charcoals and then put a full lit chimney in the middle of the ring.
I fill the ring full of unlit and place half a chimney of lit on top for long cooks. Some folks have a coffee can with both ends cut out and pours the unlit coals around it and the lit in it then removing it with pliers.