riverhill•3d agoTop Commenter

Shoutout to the guy at a gas station in Memphis who told me to wrap my brisket in butcher paper instead of foil

I had my worst cook ever last July where the bark turned to mush and that random stranger at the pump saved my next brisket run with that one tip, has anyone else gotten good advice from a stranger at a weird spot like that?

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gavin_clark3d ago

Foil works fine if you know what you're doing. Butcher paper is just a trend that people act like solves every problem. I've done foil for years and never had bark turn to mush unless I wrapped too early or used too much liquid. The guy at the pump gave you a tip that fit one specific situation, but telling everyone to ditch foil is like telling everyone to stop using charcoal because gas grills are faster. People act like butcher paper is some magic trick when really it's just about controlling moisture and heat. If your brisket came out mushy, the problem was probably how you cooked it not the wrapper.

the_william2d ago

Wrap when the bark sets not when the clock says to.