Cut some spares into St.Louis and then did the tips...just for a minute, just to see how they cooked:heh: I haven't done tips before, so a couple lessons were learned. One big one was that I need to shop for thicker spares. You'd think that being in Iowa I would have my pick of the litter. Maybe I just need to shop around more because they're pretty skinny lately. Also, I tried smoking brats and putting them in with the mac and cheese this time instead of smoking the whole thing. Smoking mac and cheese always seems to dry it out for me...