HunkyDory
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I wanted to do pepper stout beef today. We had a 3 lb bottom round roast that needed to be used. All I have read is that round a jerky or crock pot cut but I wanted to do a side by side test with round and chuck just to see what results I would get.
The round had a hefty fat slab which I cut off
The 2 1/4 lb Chuck had less fat on it but I trimmed it clean too.
SPOG and in the smoke with them both for three hours
At three hours with about 150 internal temp I put them in a pan together with peppers, onions, a small can of diced mild chilis and two bottles of stout. I covered it and came back 3 hours later.
I had been running the cooker at 275 and the liquid had reduced quite a lot so I added another bottle of stout. I flipped the cuts over an cooked for another hour until they were both pulling with a fork. In the photo below the chuck is on the left and the round is on the right. I could tell a difference in texture while pulling (the round was drier) but they both looked fine after mixing with the cooked down liquid and peppers.
I had my wife taste test without knowing which was which. She liked the round better. I think I liked the chuck better but then I knew which was which. In the plated picture the chuck is on the left and the round is on the right.
Anyway my belly is full and I have a bunch of leftovers.
Thanks for tuning in.
![round.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunkydory.cc%2Fpics%2F20160814PepperStout%2Fround.jpg&hash=19f86e76178fa702e179f12d8c25b989)
The round had a hefty fat slab which I cut off
![round_trimmed.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunkydory.cc%2Fpics%2F20160814PepperStout%2Fround_trimmed.jpg&hash=9d843d80d1cf1cf3bb85e8f7bff4ad06)
The 2 1/4 lb Chuck had less fat on it but I trimmed it clean too.
![chuck.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunkydory.cc%2Fpics%2F20160814PepperStout%2Fchuck.jpg&hash=fc424d9106dc852e6e01233684317acb)
SPOG and in the smoke with them both for three hours
![insmoke.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunkydory.cc%2Fpics%2F20160814PepperStout%2Finsmoke.jpg&hash=d1c976b579bc1ecf5dc2ea09e068cbdd)
At three hours with about 150 internal temp I put them in a pan together with peppers, onions, a small can of diced mild chilis and two bottles of stout. I covered it and came back 3 hours later.
![pan.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunkydory.cc%2Fpics%2F20160814PepperStout%2Fpan.jpg&hash=ee795a3b590be68c2bbb2af64fce06ca)
I had been running the cooker at 275 and the liquid had reduced quite a lot so I added another bottle of stout. I flipped the cuts over an cooked for another hour until they were both pulling with a fork. In the photo below the chuck is on the left and the round is on the right. I could tell a difference in texture while pulling (the round was drier) but they both looked fine after mixing with the cooked down liquid and peppers.
![pulled.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunkydory.cc%2Fpics%2F20160814PepperStout%2Fpulled.jpg&hash=57a8d9e20de9d9e965f9ab01a5a6478c)
I had my wife taste test without knowing which was which. She liked the round better. I think I liked the chuck better but then I knew which was which. In the plated picture the chuck is on the left and the round is on the right.
![plate.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunkydory.cc%2Fpics%2F20160814PepperStout%2Fplate.jpg&hash=2fd870ba3412aa96c6b714fb63d2bf3f)
Anyway my belly is full and I have a bunch of leftovers.
Thanks for tuning in.