mouth is watering from the aromas in the kitchen. By the way, in the mid-afternoon, I fixed a barbeque sauce, to serve on the side with the brisket. See Carey Starzinger's bbq sauce # 23. Now, at 6:30 sharp, the totally unexpected, drop-in guests from out-of-town hit the door, drank all of our beer and stayed until 11:30. At this time, 6:30 PM, just to be sociable, I quit drinking beer, so they could have it and I switch to scotch. At about 8:30, when I was finally able to face the handwriting on the wall, and still fairly sober, I did manage to refrigerate the complete dinner and kept on smiling at the guests. Oh yes, I did invite them to have dinner with us, but was declined.So we hit the sack hungry and a little grumpy. Sunday. 4:00 PM. Take the brisket, the beans, the dipping sauce out of the refrigerator and let them warm up on the counter for about a hour. Pre-heat the oven to 175 and put in the brisket at 5:30. I finally serve it at 7:00 and it is perfect! Finding the grain is no problem. You can cut this baby with a fork. If I made a mistake any mistakes at all, I might cut back on that last chunk of hickory. It was just a bit more smoky than necessary, so the wife suggested. I agree. I like a light smoke taste. Anyway, if you have a water smoker, don't believe that you can't fix a respectable brisket. Go for it. Recipe By : Kip Jones