Chuckie for enchiladas

[JCAP]

Hey everyone!

Tonight will be enchilada night in the ol' homestead so this morning I got to smoking a 3.3lb angus chuck roast. Seasoned it up with Holy Cow and put it on the Akorn. My hope was to go unwrapped all the way into the stall a bit but my smoker played games with me today. This is my 5th smoke on the Akorn and I can get it dialed in between 240-260 with some minor adjustments. But today- oh boy- took off into the 300 range and ended up at 320 right when the roast went into the stall.

So I didn't get quite the set bark I wanted but I thought it best to bring it inside. Threw it in a Lodge dutch oven with some beef broth and into a 250F oven. Pulled it out at 207 and now it's resting for 30 minutes or so before I pull it apart.



Here's my question though. I used Royal Oak lump for this. It's my first time using this lump and...it was full of small pieces of lump. Hardly any larger pieces. My guess is that a ton of smaller pieces will burn quicker and maybe produce higher temps than larger more uniform pieces? I'm hoping this bag was an aberration but it will make me think twice about buying it again.

Later on I'll post some pics of the enchilada sauce (from ATK) and assembled tray!

 

[Sowsage]

Looking forward to seeing the end results! As far as the lump goes.....i use the Royal Oak a lot. Yes there is usually a fair amount of small stuff in the bag. For me I'm just dumping it all in one big basket for my UDS so its not a big deal. I think lump burns hotter regardless of size. I usually have to choke down the air inlets pretty good but I get longer burn times.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Yep pretty common for Royal OAk (and other brands). Lump will burn hotter than briquettes.

 

[xray]

Looks good so far jcap. Waiting for the end result.

 

[JCAP]

Thanks all. Maybe I’ll say what I meant more clearly! I usually use lump in the Akorn but this was my first run with the royal oak lump in there. Usually the lump I have is bigger pieces so I just wondered if the smaller pieces made a difference.

In any event, these came out killer. No plated shot but they were a hit.