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Had some family in town so I decided to do a full brisket (I had done just the point before and it turned out well).

Trimmed and seasoned it with a heavy dose of SPG and then a lighter coat of my own copycat version of Meat Church Holy Gospel (found on Reddit). Let it sit in the fridge for 2 hours.

Put it on at 11 pm along with the trimmings in a foil pan to get some beef tallow to use later in the cook.

At 9 am it was 175 and so I poured the tallow I had gotten so far over it (espeically the flat) and wrapped it in foil.

By 11:30 am it was point tender so I poured more tallow over it and kept it in the aluminum foil, wrapped it in a towel and put it in a cooler until slicing it at 6:30 pm.

Pros: Flavor was great, and was super juicy as well. Definitely a good eats.

Cons: I want to try to trim more "aerodynamically" next time because the edges and front of the brisket got most of the smoke, and the middle of the brisket didn't have any smoke ring at some points. Also, the bark didn't turn out great. Had a burgundy color and was mostly wet on top.

Any tips or feedback is appreciated!

Hi everyone! I enjoyed these three verses from Psalm 16 and one of the footnotes:

"Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You. I say to Jehovah, You are my Lord; / No good have I beyond You; As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent; / All my delight is in them." (Psalm 16:1-3) Recovery Version

I also was touched by the footnote on the word "You" in verse 2, which says "As a man, Christ took God as His Lord (Matt. 4:7,10) and had no good (no blessing, no pleasure, and no enjoyment) beyond God as His portion (cf. Luke 18:19).

Praise the Lord! He had no blessing, pleasure or enjoyment on earth other than God Himself. It reminded me of the hymn "My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace. Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God."

I did have a question after reading verse three and the footnote on the word "saints" which reads:

"In His human living Christ loved God the Father (John 14:31) and delighted not in the law but in the saints, the excellent people on the earth, because they are the members of His Body, the church (Eph. 1:22b-23; 5:30)."

What does it mean that Christ delighted in the saints in His human living on the earth? Would this refer to the disciples? Or maybe the people of Israel?

First Full Brikset on a Traeger

A Supplying Verse and a Question from Psalm 16:1-3