First Time Brisket

There is this thread
And then this thread

The first one is the nearly comprehensive list of brisket help, think of it as a Swiss Army Knife of brisket cooking help
The other one is the sniper rifle of brisket help, focused and singular

^^^well put!

Here is a link (from page 2) that I was reading earlier today from someone in the same boat as you.

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103363

If you read that thread you will get a few links to some excellent tutorials here on this site that should really help you out.

Good luck! :thumb:

***EDIT***

Looks like landarc beat me to the punch. Those are awesome threads with tons of great info.