Butcher Paper vs Foil vs No Wrap. You be the judge.

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Chubbs said:

I tried to find a packer today. No dice. You texans are lucky. I have never wrapped my briskets but will give a try.

$3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

Chubbs

4Runner said:

@Chubbs  - I got mine from Ole Timey on Rosewood.  I used to get most of my meat from Steak Mart on Rosewood until Robbie closed up shop and when into his mission work full time.    Anyway, not impressed with Ole Timey for $5.99 #.   Both of my briskets were stiff and tight.  Still tasted good though.  

Yeah they were closed today. Went to Publix, SAMs, and bi lo. No dice. I get most of my meat from ole timey

Chubbs

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Chubbs said:

I tried to find a packer today. No dice. You texans are lucky. I have never wrapped my briskets but will give a try.

$3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

And you are shipping me how many again??

SGH

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$3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

Thats a great price for Prime. I would stock up!!

EggHead_Bubba

Wow... $3.99/lb. for prime. I would love to be able to buy some at that price and have them shipped.

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SGH said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

$3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

Thats a great price for Prime. I would stock up!!

you would think so but it's actually down from $4.79 a month or so ago. We are finally getting some relief down here and things are normalizing a little. Hopefully with these drought-busting rains we will see them go even lower.

Ozzie_Isaac

Doings ribs tomorrow and planning to try paper instead of foil.

blasting

The Cen-Tex Smoker said: $3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

I was in restaurant depot yesterday, then checked Safeway today. 7.99/lb at safeway made me actually chuckle out loud.  Then, literally touching the brisket was  Ribeye roast for 6.99/lb.  Meat prices are certainly random.

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Ozzie_Isaac said:

Doings ribs tomorrow and planning to try paper instead of foil.

talk to @Cazzy about that. I think he tried it and didn't like it. I think the rub stuck to the paper or something like that. I know Franklin does foil for butts and ribs, and paper for brisket. I haven't seen any explanation for that but I did talk to Cazzy about the paper/ribs last week.

SGH

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Doings ribs tomorrow and planning to try paper instead of foil.

Beef or pork???

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blasting said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said: $3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

I was in restaurant depot yesterday, then checked Safeway today. 7.99/lb at safeway made me actually chuckle out loud.  Then, literally touching the brisket was  Ribeye roast for 6.99/lb.  Meat prices are certainly random.

nuts. It was like that when I lived in WI. 

Botch

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

SGH said:
We are finally getting some relief down here and things are normalizing a little. Hopefully with these drought-busting rains we will see them go even lower.

As long as the remaining cattle haven't drowned.  

Chubbs

blasting said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said: $3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

I was in restaurant depot yesterday, then checked Safeway today. 7.99/lb at safeway made me actually chuckle out loud.  Then, literally touching the brisket was  Ribeye roast for 6.99/lb.  Meat prices are certainly random.

Yeah it is like that in SC. I am not paying $100 for choice brisket. Not when I can do solid pulled pork for $20. I will wait for a sale or prices to be reasonable 

XC242

Up by us last weekend Costco had prime packers at 3.79 per pound. 

DoubleEgger

Chubbs said:

blasting said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said: $3.39 for prime all over town. Costco had 100 of them

I was in restaurant depot yesterday, then checked Safeway today. 7.99/lb at safeway made me actually chuckle out loud.  Then, literally touching the brisket was  Ribeye roast for 6.99/lb.  Meat prices are certainly random.

Yeah it is like that in SC. I am not paying $100 for choice brisket. Not when I can do solid pulled pork for $20. I will wait for a sale or prices to be reasonable 

Prices like that's make SRF look good. 

cazzy

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Doings ribs tomorrow and planning to try paper instead of foil.

talk to @Cazzy about that. I think he tried it and didn't like it. I think the rub stuck to the paper or something like that. I know Franklin does foil for butts and ribs, and paper for brisket. I haven't seen any explanation for that but I did talk to Cazzy about the paper/ribs last week.

Yeah....tried paper and the rub stuck to the paper, which is definitely not good.  Learn from me and don't do it.

SGH

DoubleEgger said:

Prices like that's make SRF look good. 

If you can live with the price, SRF Waygu is certainly in a league of their own. Both the Waygu and Waygu Gold is about all a person can ask for. They are simply outstanding.  

SGH

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Doings ribs tomorrow and planning to try paper instead of foil.

Beef or pork? 

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SGH said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Doings ribs tomorrow and planning to try paper instead of foil.

Beef or pork? 

ah, good question Scottie. I assumed pork. I do wrap my beef ribs in paper.

SGH

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

I do wrap my beef ribs in paper.

As do I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. Was hoping that he replied beef. 

cazzy

No paper for these, but I did wrap them in foil for the last 30 minutes.  Only to protect them from getting too dark though.  I put them in bone side down and made a foil tent/bubble where no foil was touching the bark.  Worked really well.

pescadorzih

Thanks for posting the link Scotty. I've been wanting to get some paper and try it.

4Runner

Now I know what Franklin was talking about on his show.  My naked brisket clearly had a darker, more crusty bark.  Looked like a rock.   Very tasty.  The second brisket I ended up wrapping in paper at 165 and it came out much lighter and less crusty.  I now have a better understanding of when to wrap and how to control the bark.  Very cool. 

Here is the wrapped brisket....I would leave on a bit longer before wrapping as the bark could have grown a bit more.  Also, I saved all that juice, froze it, and then vacuumed sealed it as this is all going to the beach with us next week.  

RRP

DMW said:

Totally understand that. When I worked in an egg (the white kind) processing plant during high school, I could no longer eat eggs.

I had to spend some time all over a Pabst brewery right after college and it took me a year before I could even stand the smell of beer! There are some sights and smells that are revolting when you experience them first hand!

SGH

@4Runner- Glad that you enjoyed the video. I found it very enjoyable as well. At the very least, for those who haven't tried all three methods it showed conclusively that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Great looking brisket above my friend. Good job. 

Jeepster47

@SGH ... what you said about "more than one way to skin a cat" should be molded into each egg.  For me, that was the hardest concept to understand about BBQing, 'cuz I thought there would be one and only one right way to cook stuff.

The funny thing about the conclusion they can to was that that it was all good.

SGH

@Jeepster47-No doubt brother. In the world of cooking its very easy to get caught up in the "this way is best" hoopla. The fact is, everyone has different tastes and personal preferences. What I like the best you may not like at all and vice versa. The key is to find what gives you the desired end results that you are looking far. Some folks like turbo, some prefer low and slow. This is sort of the same debate as the paper vs foil or dry rub vs wet rub. In the end it doesn't matter how you get there as long as it gives you the desired results that you are looking for. Here is a interesting fact that a lot of people may not know. Long before the butcher paper method became popular, people use to cook in brown paper grocery bags. It's only a hunch but I feel that the butcher paper method is a direct descendant of the bag method. Some bright lad put 2 and 2 together and thought if a bag will work a roll of paper should work just the same. The bag method just farther reinforces the notion that there are certainly many different ways to skin the ole cat

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DoubleEgger

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SGH

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Mighty fine looking grub right there. What did that one weigh?