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Offline Smokin Don

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Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #-1 on: April 03, 2017, 11:38:28 AM »
Apr 03 2017

Recently it was posted on LTBBQ forum that cooking with aluminum foil or pans is not good for you. This is a story that had come up often over the years. From what I read is cooking with it can release some of the metal into your food; especially acidic. On the other hand there have been no real good surveys on whether it is bad for you or causes Alzheimer’s.

I have used foil for making foil packs and cooking on the grill and use foil when I wrap ribs or pork butts.
I line my drip pan with foil too for easy clean up. A couple of years ago my friend from the Beer and Wine Depot bought a roll of butcher paper and gave me some to try on a pork butt. It worked fine but was kind of messy since the paper absorbs a lot of the grease. His paper was about 3 ft. wide and would have worked better cut down to size.

I found some of the Pink Butcher paper at Amazon, a 28 inch roll X 150 feet. You don’t want to use the newer white paper, it is lined with a coating and will not breath like the old Pink butcher paper; some call it red. I just did some baby back ribs and used it to wrap for 2 hours on my smoker. It worked great and I will continue to use it for any wrapping meat to cook.

I will continue to use foil to line my drip pan and line a sheet pan when doing sheet pan meals in the oven. You can suite yourself to how serious you heed not using aluminum for your cooking.





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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« on: April 03, 2017, 12:22:36 PM »
I have used butchers paper or parchment then aluminum foiled with real good results..   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2017, 01:23:18 PM »
Thanks Don!.  I'll look on Amazon since I've been wanting to try the butcher paper method anyway.

BUT...  Something tells me if I'm camping and want to toss some food packs into hot campfire coals to cook 'em, I might want to just stick with the foil!  :D

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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2017, 03:07:08 PM »
Thanks for posting Don.  I too recently moved from foil to pink butcher paper (found on Amazon as well - I like having the tube to store it).  I have used it for a couple of tri-tip cooks and really like how it performs.  I am looking forward to my next brisket as a test as well.
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2017, 05:07:22 PM »
Hey Don, not all that hyped up about foil.  It just seems like every other year they tell us eomthing is bad, then a little while later they say Oops, we we re wrong.  But I have decided to give the paper a try because of the potential taste/bark benefit ONLY ! ! !

But, instead of your brand, I decided that if I was going in that direction, how could you go wrong with Tenderlicous ! ! !





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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2017, 06:19:49 PM »
Becasue of your post Don Amazon just received my order.
Thanks  :)
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Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2017, 06:28:47 PM »
I bought the same paper a few months ago on Amazon. Good stuff
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2017, 06:35:34 PM »
If you're worried about aluminum, look at your deodorant.
Most are aluminum based?
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2017, 07:27:14 PM »
I hope we can avoid milking that dead horse again.

I ordered the pink paper from Amazon, too...used it to wrap a butt I was smokin'.  Evidently the paper doesn't hold temp or steam as well.  It took MUCH longer to finish than when I used foil.
I may try wrapping with paper then wrap it up with foil.

Doing some ribs tomorrow...will see how they finish in paper.
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2017, 07:29:45 PM »
If you're worried about aluminum, look at your deodorant.
Most are aluminum based?
I would not recommend using deodorant to wrap your meat...gives it a really weird taste, and makes your tongue all leathery...

( Actually..LA - those would be anti-persperants. Different chemistry. And it is aluminum chlorhydrate in those. And there are people that cannot use those. AS well - there are folks that have no issue with them. We are al individuals... ;))
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2017, 11:04:41 PM »
I hope we can avoid milking that dead horse again.

I ordered the pink paper from Amazon, too...used it to wrap a butt I was smokin'.  Evidently the paper doesn't hold temp or steam as well.  It took MUCH longer to finish than when I used foil.
I may try wrapping with paper then wrap it up with foil.

Doing some ribs tomorrow...will see how they finish in paper.
It's not a dead horse to some! :) Don
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2017, 07:11:46 AM »
There is no horse too dead to kick.
Everyone is entitled to my opinion

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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2017, 08:31:39 AM »
There is no horse too dead to kick.

Among various tribal peoples - a vacant turtle or tortoise shell is often used as a musical instrument.... ;) :D While not "kicked"...they are ceremoniously beaten ( often - joyfully so... :o ??? 8) )
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2017, 11:01:32 AM »
I Like Jaxon's idea, Paper then Foil that seems like the way to go if your to use paper.  :D
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Re: Butcher Paper instead fo Foil Wrap?
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2017, 03:42:10 PM »

I hope we can avoid milking that dead horse again.


With you 150% ! ! ! !

I thought that we had already, thoroughly, covered this topic in at least two (1 & 2)previous threads.

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