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Smoked Beef Chuck Roast
Transform your next cookout with this delicious smoked beef chuck roast! Marinated with a zesty blend of spices and slow-cooked to perfection, this budget-friendly cut delivers mouthwatering tenderness and rich flavor. Get ready to impress your guests with a dish that's as easy on the wallet as it is on the taste buds!
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low-carbnut-freeegg-freeketo-friendlypaleo
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Prep
25
min
Cook
120
min
Serves
4
people
Level
beginner
📝 Ingredients
Serves 4Servings:
🥩Meat & Seafood(2)
- 1 beef chuck roast
- beef tallowoptionalbeef stock
🧂Spices & Seasonings(2)
- 60 mesh black pepper
- seasoned saltany seasoned salt
👨🍳 Instructions
- 1
Season the chuck roast with black pepper first, then apply seasoned salt.
- 2
Let the roast sit out for 20-25 minutes to activate the salt.
- 3
Preheat the smoker to about 250°F.
- 4
Place the seasoned roast in the smoker and cook for a couple of hours.
💡 Pro Tips
- ✓Apply seasoned salt at least 20-25 minutes before smoking so it has time to dissolve, penetrate via osmosis, and denature surface proteins, resulting in a more effective dry brine rather than salt sitting on the surface.timing20-25 minutes
- ✓Maintain smoker temperature at exactly 250°F rather than higher heat because chuck roast is loaded with collagen-rich connective tissue that needs slow, sustained heat to convert to gelatin without drying out the muscle fibers.temperature250°F
- ✓Pull the roast at an internal temperature of 203-205°F rather than relying on time alone, since collagen-to-gelatin conversion is temperature-dependent and chuck roast needs to pass through the 160-200°F range slowly enough for connective tissue to break down.temperature203-205°F internal
- ✓Wrap the roast in butcher paper once it hits 165°F internal to push through the stall phase faster while still allowing some moisture evaporation, unlike foil which traps too much steam and softens the bark.technique165°F
- ✓Rest the finished roast for a minimum of 30-45 minutes wrapped in a towel inside a cooler before slicing, allowing the rendered collagen and juices to redistribute through the meat instead of pooling out on the cutting board.timing30-45 minutes
Cuisine: texas
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