I like how after 2.5 hours in a cooler they still think it needs to “rest” for an hour.
Brisket with a snake burn on a kettle works.
After 6 hrs
Here's my most recent one. Longest I can get a snake to burn on my 22" is 10-11 hrs. Temp stayed between 230 and 250 with this one.
Nice! Between 230-250° with vent intervention or was it hands off?
With this last one it was pretty much hands off. Top vent pretty much wide open. Bottom vent only about 1/5 open. First few times I did one I was way to hands on and made to big of adjustments on the vents which led to temps fluctuating too much. Last several times I've just made small adjustments initially and given them time to take effect. That has led to very stable temps. Was able to leave this one unattended for several hours at a time. Smoked for 6 hrs and then wrapped it for another 4. In cooler for 2.
question regarding charcoal for the snake method - will you see any noticable difference in heat and burn time if you use a natural briquette vs regular charcoal briquette?
Thank you
Another tip is to build your snake with the briquettes on their end, not laying flat. If you lay flat your burn will be way too quick (4-5 hrs.) Set them up on end like dominos and you can get a good 10+ hour burn.
Finally, 2 years of recipe development? They could have found this exact same recipe on the brethren with a 5 second search.
Curious to hear why you’d choose a kettle over ceramic...