Smoking - Live Blogging! 2:41 PM MT

Spectators keep filing in. Danielson is the most recent person to join the gallery. She'd have come earlier, but had "other things to do. Wow -- there is a lot of pressure coming up with a quote". Upon her arrival, she said "I could smell the smoke down the block". She also said "the passion fruit iced tea" served at the event is "spectacular" and "summer of 2008 at the Alley's is grreeaatt. Next year I'm making t-shirts".

A note on the smoking, we're just over two hours into the competition and the brisket is looking "fantastic", but the Rockies aren't doing well. Down 5-3 (I think) in the 7th (I think).

Temperature: 200 Fahrenheit
Beers: 4
Wood: Hickory