It's been on now since about 8am. How do I know when to pull it off? It's getting dark. My probe says it's about 190. But it doesn't go in and out as smooth as I have been told it should.
It finally got to a place where we felt we could eat it. Messed up on the rub big time. It was charred black and tasted like salt water. To me anyway. The inside wasn't bad. It had the flavor right. But was dry. So, overall not bad for a first one, but not what I was hoping for either. Sorry for the bad picture quality. Bad light or something.
Sorry to hear it wasn't the best. Brisket can b e tricky to get down, but practice helps.
That looks like a lot of salt in the rub from the first pic. You might want to add some more black pepper. It mellows out with all the cooking. Done be afraid to go half and half on the salt and black pepper.