M & A -- I love reading what you guys are doing with beef (above). I don't have a smoker, but am fortunate to have friends with good kitchen skills, and they do, so I'm not deprived.
I'd be hard pressed to have to choose between those 2 cuts for smoking. It's really hard to beat a good prime rib, but the sandwiches that follow the day after half the brisket has been consumed... Oy vey!