I just had to try something new again, so my wife picked up a 3.6lb prime chuck roast from The Fresh Market. I dry brined it last night at 5pm. 6:30am today I hit it with BBBR, and had it on by 7am. Gear was 26Γ’β¬Β with SNS with water, Weber briquettes and hickory chunks, and Weber iGrill2. I wanted to avoid wrapping if possible because our family prefers a significant bark, and I thought maybe since itβs prime it wonβt be dry. Ambient temps were steady around 235F, and I hit a stall at 145F from 11am - 1pm, before it slooowly started climbing. By 4pm it was still only 155F and I was running low on fuel so I added fuel and one small hickory chunk. At this point I was keeping it around 275-285 hoping itβs not going to be breakfast tomorrow. And off it went! For an hour. It seems to have hit a 2nd stall at 170F at 5pm, so at 6pm (still at 170F) I gave up, took it off and wrapped it with 1/4 cup of beef broth and itβs in the oven. It looked gorgeous and smelled devine, but my plan is to pull it so Iβm not even going to check probe tenderness until 200F and expect Iβll need 207 or so.
As always, looking for help, criticisms, anything you can offer up. Not sure what I would do differently except give up on the idea of a nice bark and wrap earlier as I read on the site. Oh, also looking for snacks - Iβm starving!
Iβll post final pics and the family verdict if/when it comes out of the oven tonight...
Thanks!
UPDATE:
A) I clearly need to just follow directions (hi, mom!)
B) I am (still) lacking in patience
45 min in the oven at 275F and it hit 205F internal. Very tender, not dry. REALLY good, wife and kid have never had anything like it and are thrilled - it gets a 9 out of 10. Point lost for being a little too spicy for my baby girl. Thanks to all of you whoβs posts I researched beforehand, and all the help afterwards! πΓ°ΕΈΒΒ»
As always, looking for help, criticisms, anything you can offer up. Not sure what I would do differently except give up on the idea of a nice bark and wrap earlier as I read on the site. Oh, also looking for snacks - Iβm starving!
Iβll post final pics and the family verdict if/when it comes out of the oven tonight...
Thanks!
UPDATE:
A) I clearly need to just follow directions (hi, mom!)
B) I am (still) lacking in patience
45 min in the oven at 275F and it hit 205F internal. Very tender, not dry. REALLY good, wife and kid have never had anything like it and are thrilled - it gets a 9 out of 10. Point lost for being a little too spicy for my baby girl. Thanks to all of you whoβs posts I researched beforehand, and all the help afterwards! πΓ°ΕΈΒΒ»
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