Was the convenience debate harder to get past than the actual maintenance?

Honestly, how do impatient people like me even survive the stall? My first few briskets were tragic because I'd panic and start poking it every twenty minutes, basically guaranteeing a dried-out hunk of meat. I totally get what @the_thea means about it being a test, because my instinct is to crank the heat or wrap it way too early. These days I just set a timer for like, two hours, and force myself to walk away and not even look at the grill. It's still a battle against my own brain telling me something is wrong when that temp just sits there laughing at me.

Honestly, can a cooking app ever capture the glory of a crusty, stained recipe page? Tbh, @thomas_davis's vanilla scent anecdote just highlights how digital perfection misses the point entirely. Ngl, my grandma's binder taught me that good cooking is half memory and half mess.