Beef Wrap that brisket in butcher paper or foil? ► POLL included

[CDugan]

Hey there, just wondering what the consensus is...wrap brisket in butcher paper or foil? Or both, maybe?

 

[John S.]

Wrapping in paper let’s the bark breath so it would be a harder set than with foil, all other things stable.
foil since it doesn’t breath, will get done a bit faster.
‘lots of thought on foil vs paper here on the forum….
FYI…I use paper, watched the Arron Franklin videos…see around 5 min on this linkArron Franklin brisket wrap…

 

[JamesB]

Hey there, just wondering what the consensus is...wrap brisket in butcher paper or foil? Or both, maybe?

If I wrap at all, it’s paper. IMO foil steams the meat and makes it taste like pot roast..

 

[Slimpicker]

Hey there, just wondering what the consensus is...wrap brisket in butcher paper or foil? Or both, maybe?

That's called "pit-master preference" and if you want to know which one is more successful do an internet search what the BBQ masters use..
There really is NO consensus because there is 3 answers and none are wrong, Paper, Foil, or NO WRAP AT ALL.

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[KraZ440]

Mad Scientist BBQ did a video about this. In the end, the advice he gave was to try all three (unwrapped/paper/foil) and see what you like personally.

 

[KraZ440]

Don't forget the version where you wrap in paper and place it in a foil boat.

 

[JamesB]

Mad Scientist BBQ did a video about this. In the end, the advice he gave was to try all three (unwrapped/paper/foil) and see what you like personally.

Yeah, but look at what he always wraps in…

 

[JamesB]

Don't forget the version where you wrap in paper and place it in a foil boat.

I haven’t seen that one…lol

 

[KraZ440]

I haven’t seen that one…lol

 

[John S.]

I will give the boat a try next time I do a brisket.. just to see …

 

[CDugan]

Don't forget the version where you wrap in paper and place it in a foil boat.

Nice!

 

[Murphy's Law]

As Sir Winston Churchill once said, “It is a brisket, wrapped in paper, inside foil, but perhaps there is a boat!”

 

[GrillMeister]

Don't forget the version where you wrap in paper and place it in a foil boat.

I only do that so as to keep my brisket cooler clean.

 

[Rex]

If I wrap at all, it’s paper. IMO foil steams the meat and makes it taste like pot roast..

This.

For my first few stabs at brisket I used foil. The results were definitely pot roast-ish. Tried paper, and while I'm still perfecting it, I won't go back to foil.