Burnt ends don't seem like the kind of food that you should be thinking too hard about — they did originate as scraps, after all. But there is actually a very specific alchemy that makes them work.

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What were long ago considered the unwanted scraps from a finely smoked brisket have rightly become a modern-day barbecue delicacy – a rich, indulgent pile of meat and fat and bark known as burnt ends.