Chuck Roll Help
 

I heard these are fantastic, so I found one at RD. This baby weighs in at 20lbs. What is the best method of preparing this?
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Go to Thirdeyes blog under recipes He has a great tutorial on that Let us know how it works out

Cut it right in half and cook it just like a pork butt.

Amen...more bark that way....and I like bark....:mrgreen:

And I have to say, after you eat the pulled beef from the chuck roll, you may never want brisket again!!!

When are you cooking it mike?

Exactly! Not much better than pulled beef in my book.

Plan on having it Sunday, Another question is what would the cook time at what temp be? If I cut it in half and only cook 10 lbs. I would probably vacuum seal the remainder for another day
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Before I knew anything about smoking, I coated one with black pepper and roasted it in a slow oven to an IT of about 145 then put in refrigerator overnight then sliced thin for roast beef for my daughters wedding. also had ham, turkey, and several types of cheese. The beef went fast.

Mike if you're looking for pulled beef, you'll want to take that thing to 200-205, very similar to a butt. When your temp probe goes in like butta its done. If it was me I'd cook it at 250-275. You're probably looking at a 12 or so hour cook.

I cut one that I trimmed to about 15 lbs in half and cooked it at 250*, it took about 6 hours start to finish. At the 275* range, I bet you could have it done in 7 to 8 hours. As far as seasoning, I use a very basic Texas style rub for beef. Equal parts of kosher salt and pepper with a little granulated onion and garlic mixed in.

I cut it in half and basically had two 10lb butts, but of course it was beef. I injected one,like I would a Brisket, and did not the other. Hit them with a good beef rub, smoked at 230 for 9 hours with Pecan, wrapped for another 2 hours until IT was 200. Let rest for 3 hours and pulled like a Pork Butt. Very Tender and Tasty. The injected one had a little more flavor, but the non injected one was fantastic as well. Every body loved them.Thanks for everyone's advice, I will defiantly be doing these again. Sorry, I forgot the pron, but it did happen :grin: