Suggestions for first Brisket on my WSM 14.5?

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rkjjworld

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Jan 31, 2016
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I've done 2 pork butts on my WSM 14.5 that came out pretty good.  I've had some trouble with the temp dropping in the smoker around 6-7 hours in and had to add more charcoal/wood. I want to try my first brisket without having to finish it in the oven which is what I did before after starting on my grill with indirect cooking.  Any suggestions for a newbie, maybe specifically for using my smaller WSM smoker?

Thanks!

Robbi
 
Have you studied the size of a packer brisket in regards to fitting on the 14 inch WSM?  That obstacle has kept me from trying a packer on mine although I have smoked a rack of Spares that were too long to lay out flat on the WSM grate by putting a tin can under the middle of the rack to "bow it up" in the middle and basically shorten the rack.

I find that after 6 or 7 hours the charcoal in my WSM has ashed over and started to smother the coals.  I put a couple of garage door handles on the center section of my cooker to make it easier to disassemble the smoker in order to de-ash the charcoal or build a new fire.

Heres a picture.  Sorry that it only shows one of the handles.  There are two.

 
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The handles are definitely something I'm going to try to do.  As far a the size of the brisket I've read a number of different articles about folding...tenting over something to make it fit? how about separating the point and flat for top and bottom rack is that a big no no?
 
You can separate it but I don't think it will shorten it enough.

I think I would just cut it in half, half on each rack.

The point end will be thicker & take longer to cook, but at least it will all fit.

Al
 
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