Made Smoked Brisket in a slow cooker, it was awesome

I had a craving for some smoked brisket the other day. I do not have a restaurant near me that sells it and I live in an apartment complex that does not allow smokers, so I was out of luck. I was thinking about it, smoking cooks low and slow just like a slow cooker. I checked the Year of Slow Cooking web site, that I got from somebody from this site. She had a smoked brisket recipe:
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Ingredients

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--3-4 lbs beef brisket or comparable hunk o' meat
--1-2 cups mesquite wood chips (depends on size of crockpot), soaked
--favorite spice rub. I used McCormick's Roasting Rub.
--1/2 cup of water. or beer. or wine. or broth.
--parchment paper

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Directions

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Soak your wood chips in water for at least 30 minutes, and drain the water.
Spread out a good-sized length of parchment paper on the counter, and put the wood chips inside.
Fold over the edges of the paper to enclose the wood chips and make a packet, similar to a foil packet (I was worried foil would rust), that fits inside your crockpot completely.
Put it in.
With scissors, cut teeny tiny holes here and there in the top level of the parchment paper to let smoky steam escape.
Rub all sides of your meat with spice rub. Put it in the crockpot, directly on top of the parchment paper packet (lots of Ps, there).
Cover with whatever liquid you are going to use. I stuck with water.
Put the lid on and cook on low for 8-10 hours. The meat is done when it is cooked through and has reached desired tenderness. I wanted ours to fall apart, and cooked it on low for 9 hours.

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I made my own rub (with smoked paprika and brown sugar) but otherwise followed her direction completely. Got out some Sweet Baby Ray's and some kaiser rolls.
It was fantastic had a great smoky flavor like it just came out of a real smoker. I would recommend this to anybody that does not have a smoker but likes smoked food. We are planing on smoking turkey breast and fish next.