Cooper’s Brisket

I am not a good griller. I want to slap the meat on the grill and let it cook; go inside and make the other fourteen sides to go with it; and come back and find the meat done so everything is magically ready at the same time. Grilling doesn’t work that way.

However, several years ago I bought a smoker, which you can, in fact, put the meat in, walk away, and come back later to find it magically (mostly) ready. My friend Dan Cooper gave me this recipe for brisket, and