All the food turned out great. There was some left over but that is better than not having enough.
We had turkey on Christmas day.
We smoked brisket and chicken yesterday and into this morning. The chickens came off after about 4 hours. I left them panned and placed in a large cooler with ice in it. The great thing about cooking in cold weather is that you can leave a covered pan of chicken out on the outdoor table to rest and it will cool faster outside than inside, plus no bugs.
Briskets smoked for about 9 hours. The temps ran between 330 and 380 for the entire cook. Wrapped at 170 and put the heat to it to get them done. They were ready at 1:00am this morning. I coolered them and that is were they sat till I sliced them at 11:30 am today. They were still pretty dang hot after being in the cooler for 10-1/2 hours. I really thought they would just be cooked to pieces but they still had good texture.
Ribs were way over done but that is how people are used to eating them anyway. I re-heated them in a big pot of water for about an hour.