Smoked Pot Roast

[JMSetzler]

I know that crock pot cooking on a forum like this is sorta taboo in many ways, but you know what? I love my mom's pot roast that cooks all day in her crock pot. I have three crock pots that get used for nothing more than keeping chili warm when I take it places so I got to thinking a little this week...

I bought a 3lb chuck roast and was trying to decide what to do with it in the name of Q. I decided to try a smoked pot roast and see how it turns out...

I started out with some baby red potatoes, carrots, garlic, onion, cream of mushroom soup, onion soup mix, and a little Sierra Nevada Glissade...

I setup the one touch gold for a little indirect cooking with some kingsford blue, a couple apple chunks, and the fire bricks to bank it to one side...

I gave my chuck roast a rub down with mustard and dusted it with Montreal Steak seasoning...

I put all my non-meat ingredients in a 5qt cast iron dutch oven and set it on the kettle...

I tossed the chuckie on beside it and put about 10 lit coals on one side of the unlit charcoal and covered it up... gonna cook this in the realm of 250° until the meat hits about 195 degrees. I'm gonna cook the veggies uncovered for about two hours and then cover it up and add a little more beer if needed...

We'll see if this can hold a candle to mom's pot roast late tonight sometime...

 

[jestridge]

I use my dutch a lot on the smoker or bury it in the ground with a bed of coals

 

[BBQ Bandit]

Love the CI grates!!!

Nuttin' wrong with that.

 

[JMSetzler]

It's been going for about three hours now... I put the lid on the veggies a while ago and gonna let those cook on up for several more hours. The meat isn't up to 140 yet so it may be a good while longer. I have let the temp ramp up to about 285...

 

[Roby]

Where did you find that AMAZING CI grate?? I want one!

 

[JMSetzler]

Where did you find that AMAZING CI grate?? I want one!

http://www.cast-iron-grate.com/

I love mine.

 

[Blackened]

Got my Craycort grate this week.. broke it in last night with some carne asada!

 

[Crazy Harry]

waiting to sample the finished product

 

[JMSetzler]

I pulled the chuckie off at an internal temp of 170° and foiled it for 45 minutes...

Sliced it to check it out...

Cut it up...

Put it in the dutch oven with the veggies and stuff, covered it, and will let this simmer for an hour before I get to dig in

 

[LoneStarMojo]

<----Twiddling his fingers...waiting for more tasty roast-like pron from JM.

 

[JMSetzler]

It's awesome.

It's not my mom's pot roast, but I think I have redefined how it will be done in my kitchen from now on

 

[Smoothsmoke]

Looks farking great man! :becky:

 

[ianjoe]

Man I'm so full right now, but I'd take a big bowl of that. Looks awesome.

 

[LoneStarMojo]

As I was lookin at that last helpin of pron I SWEAR I could taste the gravy! Great Job!

 

[FamilyManBBQ]

Oh man, that looks good!! I could really go for some of that right now...

 

[martyleach]

JM you are loving your cooking aren't you? I recognize the signs. Nice looking chuckie. Like to see you having fun!

 

[JMSetzler]

JM you are loving your cooking aren't you? I recognize the signs. Nice looking chuckie. Like to see you having fun!

I'm having a blast. Especially since I found this place. I have always loved cooking... well.. loved it since I moved out on my own from the parents (quite some time ago.) Frozen pizzas, ramen, and Kraft mac and cheese got old pretty quickly. This Q stuff is just all new to me. Up until recently, my outdoor cooking over fire didn't go far beyond gasser burgers, dogs, and steaks. I'm slowly learning that just about anything I could previously cook inside in the oven can be cooked outside over fire with some potentially tasty results. The custom handle on my kettle made this pot roast especially awesome

 

[Dragonfly]

That is one awesome looking cook! Who doesn't love pot roast? I'll have to give this a try for sure, great job!

 

[daninnewjersey]

Really nice twist on a classic dish. Did the chuck break down like you'd hope?

 

[davet54]

Looks great and good idea.