1st Brisket

[viscera912]

nice cook cg!!!  it looks pretty good but i bet you were getting anxious when that temp didn't rise! did you try stoking the coal during the cook?

[Wing Commander]

Great job and very good first try on a brisket.

[muebe]

Doesn't look like your first try!

Knock out job on it!

[cgseymour]

Thanks to all for the nice comments.
@viscera912. Not sure what you mean by sticking the coals. I did crack the lid towards the end to try to get the temp of the pit up. But I that point I figured my fire had about run its course.
The fire had settled in in the 280 - 310 range for a good 6.5 hours or so. Then I did notice temps slowly declining

Thank you all again for taking the time to comment