Hey Terry, Still waiting on the rain and cooler weather you are supposed to send to me. Questions, questions, questions, ok here goes. 1. As you can see from the photos, the bark is very good, just not crispy, but even in these smokers never have had crispy bark. But, with the Auber might achieve that. Was very tender and juicy, even after being in the fridge. I sliced it and still got some juice on the cutting board. I smeared with mustard and used a rub, but prior to that used SuperDave's beef injection. If you want can share his recipe with you. I did fat cap down, nope did not brine, as do not have room for the brine bucket. That and plan on doing this later, after I purchase a very small fridge and brineing buckets. Ok I pulled the brisket at 165, placed in the foil pan took in the kitchen, added some of the injection liquid that was left over in the bottom of the pan. Don't put the liquid on the brisket.Took a piece of heavy duty foil and placed over the pan and brisket and crimped the edges. When I inserted the probes back I just stuck in the brisket and wrapped the foil around them. Yes it was a tight seal or as tight as you can get foil to a foil pan. I was on the second rack from the top. After reaching 195, I pulled, took back to the kitchen, removed from the pan, double wrapped in hd foil, then wrapped in a bath towel, placed in a cooler and put a second towel around it. Left in the cooler for 2 hrs. to rest. Let cool and sliced, put in bags and sealed. The rub I used was from Texasbbqrub.com and was the original and a second rub just a sprinkle of McCormicks Grill Mates Montreal Steak Seasoning. I am not recommending the Texasbbqrub. I do recommend using John Henry's pecan rub. No matter what I smoke at the end you always want to double wrap the meat in foil and towels and place in a cooler to rest. I use a cheap styrofoam cooler I had from when we got the new fridge and had to take everything out of the old one. I think this should help you get what you are looking for. Don't hesitate to ask question as love helping people if I can. Also sorry for the long post, but wanted to answer your questions as best as I could.