Smoked chuck roast! French Dip sandwiches 🥪

[DieselTech]

Working on a smoked chuck roast for French dip subs.

Montreal steak & black pepper seasoning. Keeping it simple.

Going to smoke to a 165°f IT & Then foil pan it & cover to a IT of 203°f-205°f

What should I spritz this with? I got beef broth, apple cider vinegar, & apple juice.

Can somebody give me some recommendations?

 

[JLeonard]

I'd just let it run as is.

Jim

 

[DieselTech]

I'd just let it run as is.

Jim

So are you saying, just don't spritz it? Or are you also saying I should not foil pan & cover at 165°f? Covered & in the Aus Ju.

I'm planning on making my Aus Ju with the dripping's & beef broth.

Thanks.

Lmao this is my 1st go at this!

 

[smokerjim]

I would smoke it to the 165 then just put in aluminum pan with beef broth and finish cooking like that.

 

[KBFlyer]

I would do it the same way you do brisket.
Beef broth and apple juice. Not a fan of apple cider vinager

 

[JLeonard]

I'd do everything you plan to do without the spritzing. But I'm not a spritzer. But like KB said, if you do so use beef broth and apple juice.

Jim

 

[Buckeyedude]

I would smoke it to the 165 then just put in aluminum pan with beef broth and finish cooking like that.

This right here ^

 

[Buckeyedude]

Beautiful grill/smoker BTW!

 

[DieselTech]

I would smoke it to the 165 then just put in aluminum pan with beef broth and finish cooking like that.

I would do it the same way you do brisket.
Beef broth and apple juice. Not a fan of apple cider vinager

I'd do everything you plan to do without the spritzing. But I'm not a spritzer. But like KB said, if you do so use beef broth and apple juice.

Jim

Ok thanks everybody! If it is not covered, will it take longer to cook? & Will it not dry out if the chuck is just in the pan with the broth?

Dang Newbies! I hear ya all

 

[DieselTech]

Beautiful grill/smoker BTW!

Thanks. Took me forever to save up for it. Now I want another 1.

 

[JLeonard]

Thanks. Took me forever to save up for it. Now I want another 1.

Ah man! Like tattoos, you cant have just one!
And cover with foil, let it braise. Are you going for sliced or pulled?

Jim

 

[DieselTech]

Ah man! Like tattoos, you cant have just one!
And cover with foil, let it braise. Are you going for sliced or pulled?

Jim

Pulled. That's why I thought I better cover it & take it to 203°f-205°f IT.

 

[DieselTech]

Yeah the last 3-4 cooks I been running on a P5 setting. Every 4-5 minutes, this thing just rolls the smoke!!! It has a 15°f to 20°f temp swing on every smoke cycle.

With it set at 225°f IT will swing the temp up around 245°f but also reads pretty consistent to my Smoke X4.

 

[JLinza]

Sounds good, my personal preference would be beef broth if you're set on spritzing. I don't like sweet beef as much. I'd rather have that good beef flavor shine through, but that just me.

 

[gmc2003]

At the stall put in the foil pan on a rack with some beef broth. Cover and let it ride until it's past the stall. Remove from pan and back into the smoker to help regain some of the bark. You can also set it on top of some root veggies if you don't want to use the rack. No spritzing needed.

Thanks. Took me forever to save up for it. Now I want another 1.

You don't need another smoker you need a kettle.

Chris

 

[JLeonard]

You don't need another smoker you need a kettle.

Chris

I'll plus 1 the kettle!

Jim

 

[DieselTech]

At the stall put in the foil pan on a rack with some beef broth. Cover and let it ride until it's past the stall. Remove from pan and back into the smoker to help regain some of the bark. You can also set it on top of some root veggies if you don't want to use the rack. No spritzing needed.




You don't need another smoker you need a kettle.

Chris

Lol I got a kettle but it has not been out in years. Now they got all this cool stuff they make for kettles. So I'm thinking about dragging mine out.

Thanks.

 

[DieselTech]

Sounds good, my personal preference would be beef broth if you're set on spritzing. I don't like sweet beef as much. I'd rather have that good beef flavor shine through, but that just me.

Thanks. Yeah I'm not 1 for real sweet beef either. I'll just do beef broth.

 

[DieselTech]

I'll plus 1 the kettle!

Jim

I know all you guys going to cause me to buy a vortex for my 22" kettle. Not sure what size Vortex, probably a medium I would need.

 

[JLeonard]

I know all you guys going to cause me to buy a vortex for my 22" kettle. Not sure what size Vortex, probably a medium I would need.

I have the medium and it works well for my 22

Jim