Fired up the smoker for a brisket bright and early this morning:

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That's it, pour the smoke to it. Pecan of course. After several hours, looks nice. Still working on developing the smoke ring to go deeper, works though:

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Yes, cheese cake will be involved this evening according to Ann. Good thing school doesn't start until the 21st. Going to surgery tomorrow morning, Ann will be toting me in her Jeep there. She say's I'm rude when I come out of anesthesia. That's okay, the way I roll.