Changed my mind on wrapping butts in foil after judging a crawl in Waco

I always ran my pork butts bare the whole way, no foil, no wrap, figured it was cheating. Then I judged a backyard crawl in Waco last month and two of the top three butts had been wrapped at the stall in butcher paper. The one that won had a cleaner bark than anything I pull off unwrapped, and the guy said he wraps around 165 and lets it ride to 203. I tried it on a 9 pounder two weekends back and the flat of the shoulder stayed way more moist than my usual. Now I'm second guessing myself, so what temp are you all wrapping at, and does paper beat foil for anyone else?

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