Roast Beef, pic heavy

[WaterRat]

Hey All,
Following up on a post I made about a week ago here: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/nice-bottom-round-roast-what-to-do.319571/ Thank you to everyone that contributed to that discussion especially TNJAKE , chopsaw and tx smoker . I mostly followed TNJAKE's prep and cook, Chop's sammie making and TX smoker's beef rub. I have to say it turned out quite well and will certainly be getting done again. One mistake: I over ground the rub, take it easy when ya do it! A big snafu: about 45min after putting the meat on I was busy changing out the main light in the kitchen when I looked out the window to see the smoker flashing an error code! I go out, fire is out, no heat, seems the probe wire had gotten loose from the control board. Fixed that and back to cooking!

Anyhow, food pics...

Roast:

Started with the Kosmo's Brisket injection. Somehow pulling the kit out makes me feel like a junkie like Travolta in Pulp Fiction. Ever notice his kit has a glass syringe but when they show the blood it's a plastic syringe? ;)

Sat in the reefer o/n, fired up the smoker to 225°F, I used PitBoss competition pellets like I usually do. Let her roll about 3hrs (give or take, refer to the fire going out incident above). Pretty nice day for late January...

After cooking, cooled and rested o/n. Sliced by hand for dinner with some onions Chopsaw style:

Dig in!:

Why o why do these pic sometimes rotate!?!?!

And finally lets put it on the slicer:

Thanks for looking and happy smoking!

 

[Brokenhandle]

That looks plain delicious! And in my eyes, au jus is just another form of gravy! Love the onions as well.

Ryan

 

[WaterRat]

Thanks! I love French dips, gotta have the right au jus, a little tricky since I didnt have much in the way of drippings but some doctored up better than bullion saved the day.

 

[bauchjw]

Wow! That looks spot on! French dip with a cup of wine, nice Great work!

 

[chilerelleno]

Mmmmmm, Beef Sammies FTW!

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

You nailed it ! My pic's do that also. Before you add it right click and select rotate if on pc.

 

[sawhorseray]

It's a beautiful thing to see, I love a good French dip! I have a FD about every 3-4 weeks, about as often as a cheesesteak off the flattop. I've taken to keeping a nice supply of McCormick's Au Jus in the pantry, I stock up when it's on sale for 99¢ a pack, get two sanny's out of each pack. Frugal and lazy, that's me! RAY

 

[chopsaw]

Fantastic . That's a really nice piece of beef . You nailed it too . Pellet grills are perfect for doing these .
Sandwich looks spot on for me . I like the overnight rest for these cuts .
Making me want a sandwich . Nice work on that .

 

[tx smoker]

Absolutely beautiful!! That roast is perfectly cooked and one can only guess those sandwiches are off the charts good. I'd have been inclined to make some mashed taters with lots of gravy fr the first meal and sandwiches after that....but that's just me. Some darned fine eating going on there!!

Robert

 

[DRKsmoking]

Perfect looking sandwich and the dip, I love the onions also and thats a must.
I could dig into those for sure.

David

 

[JC in GB]

My mouth is watering... Looks great!!!

JC

 

[jcam222]

Man thst sandwich is something I’d love to devour!! Beef looks perfect. Often wider pic shots will flip on the phone. On my iPhone if you open the pic, click edit you can rotate and crop pics there. Here it is flipped and edited a bit WaterRat

 

[crazymoon]

WR, Wow! Nice smoke, all your pics look good but the last one got me drooling !

 

[SmokinAl]

Perfect sandwich that had perfectly cooked meat in it!
I can just taste it dunked in the Au Jus!
Al

 

[CTXSmokeLover]

That looks incredible! Nicely done

 

[WaterRat]

Wow! That looks spot on! French dip with a cup of wine, nice Great work!

Thanks, good with a lil vino

Mmmmmm, Beef Sammies FTW!

Thanks Chile!

You nailed it ! My pic's do that also. Before you add it right click and select rotate if on pc.

Thanks. Funny, wasn't rotated on the PC but it is on the camera (thought i had corrected it). Might try to edit later.

 

[WaterRat]

Fantastic . That's a really nice piece of beef . You nailed it too . Pellet grills are perfect for doing these .
Sandwich looks spot on for me . I like the overnight rest for these cuts .
Making me want a sandwich . Nice work on that .

Thanks Chop, those onions were great!

Absolutely beautiful!! That roast is perfectly cooked and one can only guess those sandwiches are off the charts good. I'd have been inclined to make some mashed taters with lots of gravy fr the first meal and sandwiches after that....but that's just me. Some darned fine eating going on there!!

Robert

Thanks! Trying to cut down on the extra carbs a bit ;)

Perfect looking sandwich and the dip, I love the onions also and thats a must.
I could dig into those for sure.

David

Thank you! Try Chop’s way of doing the onions if you haven’t already.

 

[WaterRat]

It's a beautiful thing to see, I love a good French dip! I have a FD about every 3-4 weeks, about as often as a cheesesteak off the flattop. I've taken to keeping a nice supply of McCormick's Au Jus in the pantry, I stock up when it's on sale for 99¢ a pack, get two sanny's out of each pack. Frugal and lazy, that's me! RAY

Thanks Ray. I initially was making the jus with some onions garlic thyme and beef broth but it didn’t have nearly enough flavor. Added in some better than bullion and got it roughly where I wanted it.

 

[tx smoker]

Thanks! Trying to cut down on the extra carbs a bit ;)

I understand. You might want to look into the keto cauliflower mashed that jcam222 makes. It is basically carb free if I remember correctly and every bit as good as taters. I know of several people who are making it now and just rave about the stuff....that is if you're referring to not doing the taters I mentioned because of the carbs.

Robert

 

[uncle eddie]

That just looks amazingly delicious on my side of the screen!