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is it different from butcher paper?

Yes butcher paper is for wrapping raw meat and being resistant to leaking fluids from raw meat. You can freeze with it but can't cook with it.

its commonly used for smoking meats at 250F / 120 C.

Yeah, when I got to the "can't cook with it" part, I was like wait, what? I use it all the time for smoking brisket.

Ah well, TIL....

now - that said, I'm talking about pink butcher paper, I suspect the white stuff is unsuited for heat at all.

a quick google search says yes