Planning to smoke 2 chuckies tomorrow...roughly 3lb each out of the package, but very different/irregular shapes (one kind of a long cylinder, the other more of a square slab, both relatively thin) and a lot of hard surface fat and seams.
So now that I've trimmed them pretty aggressively...I am thinking I can actually make a more regular shape by sort of folding them into each other and then tying it up all together.
Anyone ever do this before? Anyone see a reason not to?
Absolutely ok to tie them up. I do it with every chuck roast. I cut out that big vein of hard fat that seems to run right down the middle. Then roll and tie. Your cooking to a high IT all the way through so it doesn’t matter.
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Go for it, absolutely. Making an equant shape will maximize the chance everything cooks evenly. Won't matter that it's two separate pieces. Good idea! Please let us know how it turns out
Absolutely ok to tie them up. I do it with every chuck roast. I cut out that big vein of hard fat that seems to run right down the middle. Then roll and tie. Your cooking to a high IT all the way through so it doesn’t matter.
Yep, same here. Rip out the fat in the middle, put some SPOG or other rub in there and tie it up. A great way to get some additional seasoning inside and to save on unnecessary calories. Gotta save those calories for more important things
Thanks all...I did this and ultimately worked great.
Here are pre-cook photos of the two roasts tied together... unfortunately I missed out on post cook photos cause everyone was hungry and just ate them.
Did 6.5 hrs at 275 by which time is was 190ish...then foiled for about an hour, pulled from smoker at 210 and let it rest for another 2 hours or so before shredding. It pulled apart easily using gloves. Great result! I will happily do this again.
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