Butt Rubb'n BBQ
Take a breath!
Does anyone not wrap their butts, briskets, etc... When I cook at home or work I never wrap anything and always have good success. My butts are very tender and have a nice crusty but not rock hard bark on my meat. Since I have entered the world of competition cooking I wrap everything at a comp. The only reason for that is that before I started comp cooking I spent endless hours researching how it was done and kind of felt like I should be wrapping like everyone else. Now my bark is always soft and not crispy. I leave them fat side up so they aren't swimming in fat. I pull them off around 195 and then try to glaze them and harden the bark back up but it never works for me. So I was just wondering if there was anyone out there who does not wrap. Maybe I should just stop trying to cook like everyone else and go with what I know.