Been up all night

In my opinion a pelletmuncher is a real wood cooker,and a fine one.

Depending on how done your brisket is,how close to 140º the cooker holds,how long you plan to leave it-until you eat.

If it is a flat,you don't have great leeway.

If it is a large untrimmed packer,it will hold 4-6 hrs,well wrapped,in a well insulated dry cooler.

To get some sleep, you might want to consider getting a Maverick ET-73 remote thermomter. I has two probes; one for the smoker and one for the meat. Set a range that you want the smoker to stay in and set a finish internal temp for the meat and then go get some sleep. Just keep the remote unit close to be and the alarm on in case one of the temps is hit.

One word of caution, the distance on the Maverick is not always quite up to what the instructions say. Do a test run to see if the remote unit will continue to pickup a signal when the remote unit is in your bedroom.

BTW, I consider the traeger a real wood smoker also. Yes, it won't give you a splinter nor will it require being fed manually every 45-60 minutes. But it is still using just wood to cook with.