{"id":2317,"date":"2015-07-15T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T18:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2015-07-15T11:05:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T18:05:27","slug":"happy-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/happy-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, Wednesday already. \u00a0A day late and a dollar short, as usual. \u00a0I worked the better part of the weekend, which I am guessing nobody has any interest in hearing about. \u00a0Heck, I didn’t even have any interest in it, but that pesky mortgage kept me motivated. \u00a0I did have a nice day off Sunday though. \u00a0The weather cooled off significantly, so I fired up the smoker and threw on a 12 lb. brisket I’d come across at the grocery earlier in the week. \u00a0Pretty uneventful, yet enjoyable day. \u00a0Lots of hanging out on the patio watching TV, staring at the smoker. \u00a0I guess I did have a little excitement getting the cooker running. \u00a0Little fire-safety tip: \u00a0When starting your charcoal, do not set the chimney in the mulch bed, especially when it hasn’t rained in two months. \u00a0OK, I’ll grant you, that might be a common sense item, but my brain moves a little slowly at 6:30 in the morning. \u00a0Man, that stuff went up like a bunch of dry wood chips, which makes sense considering it’s a bunch of dry wood chips. \u00a0Whoops. \u00a0Adds a little color to that part of the landscaping I guess. \u00a0As for the brisket, it came out pretty well. \u00a0If I had time I’d have left it on for another 2 hours, but we invited company over so the “done” time was driven by that. \u00a0It was certainly passable, needed just a bit more time. \u00a0I’ve still got the point in the ‘fridge, so it’ll go back on soon for a big burnt-end dinner. \u00a0High hopes for that.<\/p>\n\n\t\t