Angus Chuck Roast

[AlinMA]

I recently smoked an Angus Chuck Roast that came out real good. The specifics follow....
The roast was 2.5 lbs and was smoked at 200 degrees for 1.5 hours to a finished temp.of 131 degrees.
I borrowed Tony's brisket injection recipe (Thanks Tony) and plugged the holes with slivers of garlic and them rubbed it with the following home made concoction.
1/3 cup of fine sea salt
1/3 cup of Demerara sugar ground to the consistency of the salt
1/4 cup of Hungarian paprika
1 tbs of black pepper
1 tbs of granulated garlic
2 tsp of white pepper
1 tsp of onion powder
1 tsp of Worcestershire powder
1/2 tsp of ground bay leaf
1/2 tsp of ground Thyme

The only change I would make would be to remove the roast 3 or 4 degrees sooner.

 

[gregbooras]

Looks really nice and tender Al!

Congrats

Greg

 

[BedouinBob]

Nice looking roast Al. I'l bet it was pretty juicy and tasty!

 

[DivotMaker]

I've never done a chuck with my super "low and slow" method, Al, but it looks great!  How was it for tenderness?  Chucks usually take a little more to make them tender, or at least I thought! ???

 

[AlinMA]

I've never done a chuck with my super "low and slow" method, Al, but it looks great!  How was it for tenderness?  Chucks usually take a little more to make them tender, or at least I thought! ???

This is the 2nd chuck roast that I've done at "low and slow" and although I didn't think that it was as good as the 1st the tenderness was certainly well with in what the wife (not chewy) and I like. I was a bit disappointed in that I expected more from an Angus Chuck than Prime but that could be due to meat itself. The only difference in the smoke was 4 oz of cherry vs 3.5 oz of apple respectively and finished temp. of 135 opposed to 131 for the Angus. Both were rested for about .5 hours.

 

[swthorpe]

I am definitely adding this to my 'to do' list! 

 

[DivotMaker]

What USDA grade was this one, Al?  Since Angus is a type of cow, not a USDA grade, it would have been Select, Choice or Prime.  Just wondering if it was a lesser-grade that made the difference, not the fact that this one was Angus?