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So after all drama it actually was a text book brisket. Texture was on par, tenderness, taste and fold was really good and everyone liked it, however the bark could have been better. So if the 24 hr dry brining helped with holding in the moisture as well as using some tallow in the butcher paper wrap then it was successful. All done.

This is a heat shield for the 22" Beast.. It prevents the material dead center of the floor directly under the firebox from heating up and expanding (at high temps) which can actually make it rock a bit.. The center expands but the outside of the grill floor does not creating a high spot dead center. This plate prevents this from happening. As I always say, physics sets the rules!

Looks good from here 👍

Funny you noticed that. We live on a very steep slope here close to Puget Sound. (which made unloading the KK very scary!). The short fence was actually a concern to me when they brought up the ground just a bit to level the area some. I thought might look odd to have a bit of a short fence. But it is actually really nice. It's easy to see over the fence to the west where we get beautiful sunsets over the Olympic Mts and Puget Sound but with the neighbors being so much lower, both parties still get privacy from it. The deck above enhances that view even more. That is all new as well.