Pork Sausage & Chuck Roast ~ Foamheart

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So made a little bit of smoked sausage mostly for grilling and jambalayas. No biggie!

I had a chuck roast in the reefer (part of a huge family pack). I had forgotten why I didn't smoke chuck roast. Now I remember. LOL

I took the roast and rubbed it down, just like a brisket or beef ribs, salt & Pepper! It was in the reefer for two days stewing in its own juices, Oh my! Wait . I didn't take a lot of pictures but I need to at least show you what I do have

Sausages

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They looked so lonely in there! Hmmmmmm...... Chuck Roast

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Why not lots of room to get to know each other They played well together.

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I slices up some after cooking it prior to packaging anbd in the reefer to cool over night.

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So it had to be tested right. South Louisiana ...... what a great idea, a fully dressed Poboy! Lunch with a side of Mama's coleslaw!

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Sausage is mild, still it tastes like Cajun smoked sausage but with nearly no cayenne.

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The Roast.

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Supper, sliced tender juicy chuck roast, homemade Texas BBQ sauce and again with the coleslaw.

Notes:
Meats smoked with corn cob and pecan.

Add more pepper to sausage next time.

I remembered why I didn't like chuck roasted smoked. 'Cause I didn't know how to do it. DOH!!!

Forget the 3/2/1 for ribs and I love short ribs! Treat it like a brisket and get that long sitting time. Makes all the difference!

Notice the tin foil pan under the chuck roast in the smoker. When the smoke did finally did peter out (About 160 IT), I just set it down on top of the veggies and broth in that foil pan. Covered it up with another piece of foil and stuck it in my oven at 325 till it hit about 190. I turned off the oven and tried to fork the meat it was so tuff it couldn't penetrate it, I wrapped it back up, back in the oven while the plumbers were here and about an hour and a half later opened it again and was pretty pink, juicy, sliced like butter, well nearly, and made an awesome sammy! My camera seriously doesn't do it justice.

The only draw back now with Chuck Roast is the grain. Brisket and ribs the grain goes East and west and with a chuck the grain goes north and south. No cutting across the grain. The grain is the big difference.

Don't worry about that chuck roast in the reefer. Just do it similar to a brisket justy add broth... LOL

Thats it for me, I am back to shopping water heaters.....LOL Its always something. Plumber says," No wonder you don't have enough hot water, there's a hole 1/4 the way up the tank its only 1/4 what its supposed to hold". And he expected to get paid after that comment!
 
Man that all looks great!! I need to try corn cob for smoke sometime. I just do my chucks to around 205 and pull them.
 
foamheart, sure looks tasty.
I'm interested in corn cob smoking like Jc. I have looked for corn cob pellets, all I have been able to find is ground cob pellets used for livestock being at Tractor Supply Company, and I was not sure if this would work. Any suggestions?
 
Everything looks great as always . Love the color you get on stuff , and agree with your comments on the chuck .
Add more pepper to sausage next time.
Mixed up 3 lbs yesterday with some reaper powder I got from Tropics .
 
I did a Chuck yesterday first time and maybe the last. Yours looks juicy Kevin nice job.
Richie
 
foamheart, sure looks tasty.
I'm interested in corn cob smoking like Jc. I have looked for corn cob pellets, all I have been able to find is ground cob pellets used for livestock being at Tractor Supply Company, and I was not sure if this would work. Any suggestions?

That will work that's all PC Farmer uses.

Warren
 
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I never smoked a Chuck, wouldn't know what to look for. That sausage be lookin' pretty darned good to me! Like, RAY
 
foamheart, sure looks tasty.
I'm interested in corn cob smoking like Jc. I have looked for corn cob pellets, all I have been able to find is ground cob pellets used for livestock being at Tractor Supply Company, and I was not sure if this would work. Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Its my understanding that the equine pellets from Tractor supply say, 100% corn cob with no fillers. BUT .......... You can always check with Todd (A-MAZE-N Products) They usually keep a full supply of all pellets flavors and was the yearly holidays roll around he'll have some nice sales. I store mine in the garage kitchen. Nephew said if it ever caught fire he wouldn't help put it out, he'd just get some meat to hang. LOL
 
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Everything looks great as always . Love the color you get on stuff , and agree with your comments on the chuck .

Mixed up 3 lbs yesterday with some reaper powder I got from Tropics .

Thanks

I guess I am just lucky I have never had any trouble with color. Pellicle (de-water cycle), temp., and smoke

The older I get the more those peppers hurt... I am a titty baby!
 
I did a Chuck yesterday first time and maybe the last. Yours looks juicy Kevin nice job.
Richie

Thanks Richie !

My first and what I thought to be last, was dry as a stone.

I read somewhere the last week about remembering to wrap it. Just like most folks do today with brisket. You couldn't have eaten this when it reached IT. remember I got dem store boughts). After a rest it was edible. I am thinking if you pull it like that brisket and give a longer wait, it would fall apart.

I will experiment more in the future when its on sale again.
 
I never smoked a Chuck, wouldn't know what to look for. That sausage be lookin' pretty darned good to me! Like, RAY

Thank Ray

I enjoy just experimenting, always have. Its why I first came here, I wanted to learn how to cure. Instead I am still learning for others. I need to find some pictures of my Pop's smokers before they all rust and crumble. He loved to smoke and Mom wouldn't eat his (Too much smoke). LOL There's even a old washing machine gutted out back he smoked sausage in just so he could brag about it at the local watering hole. LOL
 
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I know how your dad must have felt, my wife doesn't eat anything I smoke but the lox. All her relatives think she's nuts. She'll eat chicken Italian sausage when I make it, and wants it soon, so I'll be waiting for 79¢ a pound before I get 32 pounds of chicken thighs. RAY
 
Looks great! I need to do a chuck in the smoker.

Thanks

I liked it. but next time I will use less smoke. That was my sausage smoker set up and thats a lot of smoke put out. I didn't think about that. Work up today walked in the kitchen and it had a lot of smoke. I wonder where the sausage doesn't do that.
 
I know how your dad must have felt, my wife doesn't eat anything I smoke but the lox. All her relatives think she's nuts. She'll eat chicken Italian sausage when I make it, and wants it soon, so I'll be waiting for 79¢ a pound before I get 32 pounds of chicken thighs. RAY

Mom liked smoked food, she just didn't like as much heavy smoke as Pop. He always figured about everything, if a little is good a lot must be better. When in Texas he only used mesquite, when in North Carolina he used hickory, Mom lucked up when we moved to Louisiana and there was pecan...LOL
 
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