What to do with bottom round roast?

[smokemonster]

First off I just wanted to say hello and how much I enjoy this site. Before last summer, I was just a guy that had a cheap gas grill that I used a couple times during the week when the weather was nice. I always liked the taste of food grilled over charcoal, so I decided to get myself a Weber Kettle. Well, it wasn't long before I got hooked on cooking over live fire. I soon began trying some small scale smoking with my kettle and had some pretty good results. I recently bought myself a WSM and I now have BBQ fever. I've been trying new things every weekend since I bought it. Not even the cruddy winter weather has been holding me back.


Now that I've done the introduction thing, I really could use some help. I saw a couple of posts about doing pulled chuck roast so I thought I would give it a try. I went to the store yesterday and ended up buying a bottom round roast because it was on special. I figured a roast is a roast and it should work just fine :doh:. Well, I have since found out that the bottom round is a much leaner cut and I'm afraid it won't do well low and slow. Should I still try and smoke this thing at lower temps or would it do better with a hot and fast cook? I'd really appreciate any advice you guys could throw my way. Thanks!

 

[smoque shack]

id use it for jerky.....but thats me.....

 

[FltEng]

That cut of meat is very tough and lends itself to being cooked medium rare and then sliced very thin. I have slow roasted the meat on your grill to about 140 degrees (wrapped in foil) and when done let rest. Slice the meat very thin; suggest using a meat slicer. In addition I would make an Au Jus to dunk the meat in and then place on a Kaiser roll with some pickle chips etc...

 

[bluetang]

id use it for jerky.....but thats me.....

Ditto

 

[Mister Bob]

IMHO, bottom round is not a great cut for BBQ, but it makes a very good pot roast. Here's my recipe http://thehogblog.com/?p=132 Try it, you won't be disappointed!

 

[NorthwestBBQ]

I use it to make Jerky.

 

[WineMaster]

Chicken Fried Steak

 

[ricksegers]

Grill it...Do a search here for pit beef. Cook medium to M/R and slice real thin and serve on a great roll with a little horseradish sauce and sweet BBQ sauce.

 

[landarc]

I like to do a sort of pit beef thing that has already been mentioned. It also does make a good pot roast, especially with lots of onions and mushrooms.

 

[jestridge]

Low and slow ,pot roast, pit beef, in a dutch oven

 

[LMAJ]

Italian Beef - then slice it really thin - my mouth is watering just thinking about it!

 

[Vince B]

I use it to make Chicago style beef sandwiches! I use a modified recipe from Dr BBQ that works well for us. http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showpost.php?p=785965&postcount=10 I basically triple the liquids and then use the spices per his directions. I like to use the juices to reheat the sliced beef like we do it here in Chicago!

Would you believe this roast...

Made all of this...

Into a pot of hot juices and put on some day old Jimmy Johns bread with a couple slices of fresh mozz. Heaven!!!!!!

 

[LMAJ]

^^^^^^^ Yep - that's exactly what I was talking about!

Throw it over some Italian sausage...

 

[smokemonster]

Thanks for all of the responses! I knew I'd get some great ideas here. I found a couple of threads for pit beef and I think I'm going to give it a try.

 

[jestridge]

Most of the time you can get a real deal on it at Sam's