Fired up my 100th brisket on the old offset last Saturday and it kinda hit me
When I started cooking on a cheap Oklahoma Joe back in 2016 I figured I'd do maybe 20 or 30 briskets and get bored of the whole thing. Last Saturday I pulled number 100 off the smoker for my brother's birthday in Amarillo and realized I've been running the same basic salt and pepper rub for 8 years now. Anybody else hit a random number like that and suddenly feel like the old days of guessing at fire temps are a million miles back?