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Another convert to butcher paper

OhioEgger
OhioEgger Posts: 947
edited February 2019 in Pork
I just cooked the best pork butt I've ever done. I know I'm not mistaken because SWMBO agreed. In the past I've never wrapped it and just let it finish cooking, but I always thought it would be better if it were a little juicier.

So for the first time I wrapped it in a double layer of butcher paper when the IT got to around 162. Absolutely awesome result. There was still plenty of great bark, which is what I was concerned about. I've heard that using foil can diminish the amount of bark more, which is why I used BP.  When I took it off, it was falling apart in my hands and there was a lot of grease in the paper wrapping with it. 

I'm totally sold and won't ever do another butt without a wrap.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I've never used it, but I recently bought a roll to try. Thanks for the review. Good to know. I just found a butt in my freezer that I didn't know I had. LOL.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,264
    Good to know it works well with butt too. Did it reach IT 200'ish significantly faster than unwrapped?
    canuckland
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,171
    Never used on a butt. Will give this a go. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Never have seen the need.  But I brine my butts. FWIW. 
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • marysvilleksegghead
    marysvilleksegghead Posts: 862
    I do not have a local source for BP, how does parchment paper do in comparison?
    Lrg 2008
    Mini 2009
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  • littlerascal56
    littlerascal56 Posts: 2,106
    If you are using Rockwood lump, the brown paper bag liner is same as HD butcher paper.  Try it.
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    I know Franklin isn’t gospel but he wraps his butts in foil not paper. Only the brisket gets the royal treatment. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • TexasisBestest
    TexasisBestest Posts: 122
    Paper DOES absorb juices while foil obviously does not. I've always used Orrin Intl peach paper off Amazon but just for brisket. Maybe I'll give it a shot
    Dallas Texas.
    2 x XLBGE 1 x LBGE.
    Tech:  EggGenius and Thermoworks Smoke w Gateway
    Lump: Rockwood/Fogo
    Wood: Cherry, Apple, PostOak, Pecan
    Meat: Costco, Deep Cuts
    Rubs: Meat Church, HardcoreCarnivore, John Henry's
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
    marysvilleksegghead said:
    I do not have a local source for BP, how does parchment paper do in comparison?

    Nobody answered yet, so I'll give it a go.  The coating on parchment is used for baking, so no worries at Q temps.  However, I suspect that the coating allows for no airflow, so bark may be negatively affected compared to regular pink paper.

    Way back, I used paper grocery bags to wrap brisket before stocking the big rolls.

    Phoenix 
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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 947
    Canugghead said:
    Good to know it works well with butt too. Did it reach IT 200'ish significantly faster than unwrapped?
    No difference.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    It should speed up the cooking since it stops evaporative cooling. At least that’s what I always thought. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • td66snrf
    td66snrf Posts: 1,838
    edited February 2019
    marysvilleksegghead said:
    I do not have a local source for BP, how does parchment paper do in comparison?
    I brought up this same question since I have parchment paper in the cabinet. It works just fine . These are baby back ribs.
    XLBGE, LBGE, MBGE, SMALL, MINI, 2 Kubs, Fire Magic Gasser
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