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    Dang That's a Whole Lotta Meat

    Asked my wife to grab a chuck roast while she was at the store and I'd slow cook it for tacos later this week. None of the kids are around this week, just us two ...... so she came back with a 5.5 lb chuck roast!

    I split it in half, gonna make half into pulled beef tacos using Mr. Bones idea of my "Carnitas" rub on beef. Which, I must admit, I had never thought about doing, even though I love it on pork shoulder.

    Will do a running set of pictures and commentary on the cook

    I mean seriously, that's a chuck roast fit to feed an army
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    That's just about half (trimmed some fat) .... about 2.5 lbs, got salt on it and gonna sit in the fridge for a day or two
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    #2
    She done good

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      #3
      Where’s the beef? At your house! 😋

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        #4
        Love chuck roast!!
        I’ve got two in the SV bath right now.

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          #5
          Dat rub works jus fine on beef, Brother ..

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          • ecowper
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            as soon as I saw what you are doing, I figured that out .... I think it will work great on most big, slow cooked meats that you want a bit of a "south of the border" profile.

          #6
          Yes - I would have cut it in half too.

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            #7
            AND she saved $2.73! I mean, that’s really sumthin!

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            • ecowper
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              Pretty damn crazy

            #8
            I'm making sure my wife reads this thread....

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              #9
              Well, i ended up not cooking yesterday due to work overload. Today is much better. Got the WSM fired up, the rub on the chuck roast, and it’s cooking away nicely

              Got some good smoke running on the WSM
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              After 2 days of salt dry brine
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              All set with the "Carnitas" rub
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              On to the WSM and cooking
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              • Henrik
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                Now we’re talking! The WSM is a great cooker, perfect for some pulled beef.

              • ecowper
                ecowper commented
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                Henrik I love the WSM ..... great cooker, awesome for long, slow cooks.

              #10
              Okay, you talked me into it! I was getting a sandwich at my local butcher shop yesterday and spied and equally humongous chunk 'o chuck. I ground half of it and made juicy lucys last night and will make beef bolognese Friday. Looks like I'm doing barbacoa with the other half today...

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              • ecowper
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                seems right to me!

              • HouseHomey
                HouseHomey commented
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                Yeah buddy!!

              #11
              I’m curious about the rub. Has it been published here in the pit? I buy carnitas burritos here at a local place, but for some odd reason never made them myself.

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              • ecowper
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                Someday when I get the time to assemble everything and write the narrative, this will end up in the cookbook ..... I'll probably change the name to "South of the Border" since it isn't really Carnitas.

              • Mr. Bones
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                ecowper

                "El Cowper's Carnita Rub"

                Kinda has a Ring to it, jus rolls offa th tongue, Brother!
                Last edited by Mr. Bones; September 25, 2020, 05:42 PM.

              • ecowper
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                Mr. Bones damn, there’s the name for it!

              #12
              She’s the better half for sure!!

              i gotta admit the first thing I thought when I saw that was a 12oz Bree, carmelized onion and arugula burger.

              Your tacos will work just fine for me though.

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                #13
                So, 2 hours in and the WSM is doing it's normal "I ran steady if you don't fiddle with me" thing ..... and the Chuckie is dead in the stall now. Looking good, smelling good, now to wait

                Also, 2.5 lb chuck roast looks really lonely on that WSM 22
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                  Here's a fireboard capture of the cook a little while ago .... you can see how steady the WSM is running. I haven't touched the vents since I put the meat on. I set the vents just prior to then for my normal settings, which give me 240-250 when burning KBB.

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                    #15
                    The Stall .... that magical place where meat temperature actually drops. And you get excited when the temp of the meat goes up 1/10 of a degree!
                    Last edited by ecowper; September 23, 2020, 01:23 PM.

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                    • Mr. Bones
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                      Also that magical place where adult bevvies, an perhaps a good ceegar come in handy!

                    • ecowper
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                      I keep some whiskey on hand just to get me through the stall :-)

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