Baltimore Pit Beef Fail - Sort of

[cgrover60]

After watching Adrenaline Barbecue's Baltimore Pit Beef video decided I needed some of that. Local grocery had no bottom or top round roasts so had to settle for the toughest beef muscle known to man - rump roast (ut oh). Followed the ABC technique / recipe exactly - dry brine, rub before cook at 225 on Weber SNS with finish sear and came off a perfect medium rare. Chef wife sharpened her knife and sliced it nearly razor thin and was still so tough could not eat it as a sandwich. Knife and fork to the rescue saved the meal. So with a huge hunk of roast left to use the wife ground it all in the food processor and made OMG that's unbelievable smoked green chile stew the next day. Guess I'll be smoking a roast for green chile stew from now on. Oh well!

[Steve B]

Green chili stew? That sounds interesting. Recipe please. If it’s already here somewhere can you put up a link?

[cgrover60]

Steve B, my wife very seldom uses recipes so I can't share specifics. I do know it was a traditional version of New Mexico Green Chile stew with a few recipes out there on the net. By "traditional" she leaves out the tomatoes and jalapenos to stay with the basic flavors.

[Steve B]

cgrover60 thanks brother. I’ll Look into those. But I will have to use the jalapeños cuze I like the heat. 👍

[EdF]

Great recovery! And a new tradition!

[Jerod Broussard]

Yeah, all I can think of is sous vide with all them roasts that I want medium-rare.

[RonB]

As long as it works out in the end, it's good.

[Nuke em]

Was ya slicing across the grain?

[cgrover60]

Yes sir. The wife chef made sure.

[Woodman5455]

I finally bought a meat slicer and that was a game changer. No matter how hard you try you can never shave the meat like a slicer. You would be amazed the difference this will make in the tenderness.

[fzxdoc]

Great save, cgrover60 . I'm always so leery of those tough cuts of beef like top or bottom round or rump roast. Based on your experience, I think I'll continue to shy away. There are more tender, just as flavorful cuts to be had on a steer, IMO.

Thanks for letting us know how the experiment turned out for you.

Kathryn