Butchers twine

[seajay]

Can one use regular cotton twine to truss with?
I have had this around for years it is Redi-Tie General Purpose Cotton Twine. Would it be fine to use?

[Keymaster]

I would say yes as long as it does not come in direct contact with flames.

[Pam Gould]

your fine with it. Cotton works real well, you don't wanna use plastic.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[smoker pete]

your fine with it. Cotton works real well, you don't wanna use plastic.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

You're right about plastic Pam.

I've never been able to master tying meat with twine (no one ever taught me!  ) so I like to use silicone food grade - up to 600ºF - washing machine safe Hot Cooking Bands      No fuss ... No muss 



Use them with all sorts of roasts but mostly with boneless pork butts to keep everything together

[CDN Smoker]

I have never tied a butt yet but I can seeing it coming in handy.

Like the idea of silicone also

[Pam Gould]

The silicone bands work great too and they are cheap at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[Pappymn]

The silicone bands work great too and they are cheap at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Just picked these up. Waiting to try them

[aliengriller]

Used regular ole cotton twine for years and years.   Not so easy to find these days UNLESS they label it food grade twine, which is just an excuse, IMHO, to kick up the price.  Agree on the silicon bands--they work great and much easier for two left thumb people like me to manipulate.

[TwoPockets]

I bought some of the silicone bands but haven't used them yet. I still have most of a roll of butcher's twine that I use on quick things, never had a problem with it burning.