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Foil!!!

SmokingTheHog
SmokingTheHog Posts: 10
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Do I really need to wrap my brisket in foil while it finishes smoke in the BGE? I've done several without and have all turned out fine, but I see a lot of people using foil and wondered if it makes a better brisket. 
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,887
    No, you do not. To be brutally honest, if you do your part you don't have to wrap it at all. Wrapping is a aid to control smoke profile  and texture. Nothing more. This can be done without wrapping if you keep a good eye on what is going on and maintain a clean fire. I usually wrap just because it gives me a break from constant monitoring, but it's not a must. It's simply a means to reach a desired end. Nothing more. 

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    @sgh is wrong... Wrap. Can't trust him. 
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,887
    henapple said:
    @sgh is wrong... Wrap. Can't trust him. 
    I have been know to just make stuff up at times Uncle Apple ;)

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  • Steve753
    Steve753 Posts: 140
    Wrapping is also to add moisture to the food. Totally unnecessary for the BGE, I smoked a briskit for nine hours, and it came out perfect. No foil was used.
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  • SmokingTheHog
    SmokingTheHog Posts: 10
    Thanks guys I think I'll keep doing it the way I have always done it, no foil!!!! 
    Smoke 'em if you got 'em!!!
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,523
    edited November 2015
    I have foiled to hurry it along, Texas Crutch, but the best bark and texture are with a clean fire as SGH says. Now to hold a brisket, which I do not like to do, I have FTC'd it like a butt, the bark is not the best this way, although SWMBO likes it better....go figure. 
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