Smoked Chuck Pot Roast - Heavy Q'View

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Picked up a nice Chuck Pot Roast that weighed 3.75 lbs the other day from Safeway with the intent of smoking it and pulling it.

Injected the night before with just plain ole vegetable broth and into a tupperware container and lid to seal it overnight.
Went with yellow mustard then Jeff's Rub for the seasoning.
100% Pecan Lumberjack pellets in the smoker @ 215 to 225 degrees.

Here is the roast ready to go into the Rec Tec.

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About an hour into the cook.

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3 hours later

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3pm - 5 hours into the cook.

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6pm and 8 hours into the cook I pulled it @200 degrees and then foil wrapped it and into the warmer drawer to rest.

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And after an hour resting in the warmer on 100 degrees.

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Here it is sliced and ready to plate up. Great smoke ring and juicy as all get out. Was gonna pull it but it sliced up so nice I stuck with that.

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And here is a plated shot of the chuckie with sides....smoked cheesy cauliflower casserole and fresh asparagus. Yummmmmm

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And for those who (like me) like a bit of sauce.....Jeff's sauce added!

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This is a slight modification of Jeff's recipe found here:


This is the third one that we have tried from Jeff and it is by far the best one yet.

Recipe for the Smoked Cheesy Cauliflower

Medium head cauliflower, broken into florets
1 cup light sour cream
1 cup shredded home-smoked cheddar cheese
1/2 cup diced sweet red or orange pepper (or diced mini sweet peppers)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup crushed cornflakes
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Paprika

Place 1 in. of water in a saucepan; add cauliflower. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until crisp-tender, 5-10 minutes. Drain.
Combine the cauliflower, sour cream, cheddar cheese, peppers and salt in a bowl. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with cornflakes, Parmesan cheese and paprika.
Bake, uncovered, at 325° until heated through, about 30 minutes.

We halved the recipe since there are just two us and we still had two meals out of it.

Thanks for lookin'

John
 
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WOW nice work! looks great all around!
Thanks Sandy!

Hell yeah John! That thing looks amazing. How did you like the veggie broth injection? Never thought about that before.
Thanks for the Like John! And that veggie broth made the meat very tender and juicy and had a great flavor profile. Sue made quesadillas the next day for lunch with some leftover, and that tasted great too.

Mmmmm, Mmmmm yummy!
Thanks for the like Chile! and the nice comment.

That's a great looking cook there John, Like! What's the sauce? RAY
Thanks for the like Ray! And I meant to post that it was Jeff's Sauce.

I am going to edit the post to reflect that....thought I mentioned it. This getting old crap is for the birds. :emoji_laughing:

John
 
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That's a great looking chuck, pretty nice smoke ring too!!

Everything looks great, I'll take a plate please!

Like!!
 
John that looks awesome ! I loved smoked chuck. Gonna have to try that cauliflower dish, I’ll sub in something for the corn flakes. Not sure what. We love cauliflower. That’s one great looking meal.
 
I am not a chuck roast fan but hot damn that roast has beautiful color.
 
Picked up a nice looking
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3.25 lb choice Chuck Roast yesterday. Dry brined it overnight with table salt. Trying to decide on a simple injection, and rub. Will be cooking on Weber Kettle using slow n sear with original K squares, and hickory chunks. Trying to improve on my last one which turned out ok, but a little too salty, and not quite as juicy as I would have liked.
 
Picked up a nice lookingView attachment 4431853.25 lb choice Chuck Roast yesterday. Dry brined it overnight with table salt. Trying to decide on a simple injection, and rub. Will be cooking on Weber Kettle using slow n sear with original K squares, and hickory chunks. Trying to improve on my last one which turned out ok, but a little too salty, and not quite as juicy as I would have liked.
Injected with water, beef broth, worcestershire, and Coca Cola, rubbed with store bought Twist’dQ Texas bold brisket rub. Almost ready to go!!!
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Hit 160 at about 2hr 20m mark, idk if that’s good or bad??? Stuck at 163 for about half hour so wrapped in foil with a little of my leftover injection, and moved closer to heat. We’ll see what happens, either way it’s a beautiful day in Michigan ladies and gentlemen!!!
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Hit 160 at about 2hr 20m mark, idk if that’s good or bad??? Stuck at 163 for about half hour so wrapped in foil with a little of my leftover injection, and moved closer to heat. We’ll see what happens, either way it’s a beautiful day in Michigan ladies and gentlemen!!! View attachment 443243View attachment 443244View attachment 443245
Hit 205 less than 2 hours after wrapping, added some potatoes and cobs of corn while it rests in cooler with guard dog watching over it. Probably gonna let it sit in cooler for quite awhile wrapped in foil and towel. Hopefully it’s improvement over last one I did.
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