re: In celebration of the annual SC vs Aggie game this weekend.

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Wrap

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You might wrap the stuff Texas calls BBQ that's one step this side of Beef Jerky, but not pork butts. You'll destroy the bark. When you warp pork it totally defeats the purpose of the smoke. You go from making smoked pork to making braised pork.

ETA: The reason most folks wrap brisket and not a pork butt has to do with the surface to volume ratio of the two cuts of meat. Beef Jerky lite has a much higher surface to volume ratio that a pork put and therefore it's prone to dry out. Trapping the moisture in a brisket is a good thing for that reason. Not so much for pork.