First Vacuum Sealed Pulled Beef From Chuck

[dj mishima]

Chuck roasts were on sale again BOGO free, so I decided to try out my new food saver. I also wanted to try out some new rub that I picked up at Kroger for pretty cheap.

Here's the brown mustard/worcestershire slathered and rubbed roast:

I used a different rub that I mixed up that contained no salt for the other one. I already dry brined both roasts, so it didn't really need more salt from the rub.

It took 14 hours to hit 161 IT. I had already used a full maze of pellets, so I figured it didn't need any more smoke. Here they are when I pulled to wrap in paper:

I'm not sure when they hit 200 IT. I started getting really tired and guestimated the remaining time it would take to get there. Then, I set the MES30 to shut off then and went to sleep. I removed the roasts around the 24 hour mark. I think they had about a 3-3:30 hour rest in there...

It pulled apart very easily with my hands and had great smoke penetration.

All pulled apart:

Vacuum sealed and ready to freeze:

Saved some to eat:


I thought they both turned out pretty good. I'll probably do another one or two pretty soon as chuck roasts are on sale for about the same price at a different grocery.

Thanks for looking, I'll keep cooking.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Looks great DJ. Pulled beef sandwiches are out of this world! Chucks only go on sale around here seems like a couple times a year. Its usually either BOGO at $5.99 lb or on sale for $2.99 lb per piece. Same thing lol

 

[dj mishima]

Looks great DJ. Pulled beef sandwiches are out of this world! Chucks only go on sale around here seems like a couple times a year. Its usually either BOGO at $5.99 lb or on sale for $2.99 lb per piece. Same thing lol

It's a bit more expensive around here. But not by much. $3.49/lb sale price is usually as low as I've seen it.

It sure beats deli meat prices and tastes much better.

 

[HowlingDog]

Got a nice bark on it. Good job. Love my Foodsaver, but I am finding that food does not stay around long enough. After about a week or two, I think HAY, I have smoked meat in the freezer, and it is suddenly on the dinner table.

 

[drdon]

It sure beats deli meat prices and tastes much better.

Amen to that . Looks good.

 

[gmc2003]

Wonderful looking pulled beef, one of my favorites.

Point for sure
Chris