Roasts, 'pork shots' & fatty

[Nut]

So, last Saturday I got going with some stuff 

For my 1st fatty, I didn't have a chance to go find some pork sausage, so instead I used minced beef. Filled it with onion, garlic, bell pepper and Mexican spiced cheese.








As for the pork shots, I filled them with a 50/50 mix of cane sugar & my pork rub (Meathead's Memphis Dust). Didn't have a chance for final pictures on those they were devoured as soon as they came off!





As for the "roast", I had gotten some "chuck"... at least it was some Polish meat that said it was chuck. I did two roasts with 2 different rubs. I wanted to produce "pulled" beef, but that didn't work. Got one roast off at 185 & the other at 205, but no chance for pulling, so I sliced instead. The 205 roast was slightly dry, the 185 one was more moist. They were incredibly tasty. Both had been foiled at 160-165. The smaller one (2.6lb) with a beef broth, the other (3.5lb) with peppers, onion, garlic, Worcestershire and Guinness. I was with some friends that (unfortunately) like their meat 'well done', so they liked it. I liked the taste, but had I planned to slice I'd at least had gotten one off at around 140... ah well...

Wet Rub:



After 2½ hours:



Finished:


Sliced:


It all tasted great.

[Heyjude]

Wow, you got a beautiful smoke ring on that roast. Pulled or not, I bet it tasted great!

[Troy]

everything looks great!!

i haven't made a fatty in months. i need to get crackin!!

[Nut]

Thanks, yes, it was real tasty.

I had my OTG running at 225-235 for the 1st hour (with a bread pan filled with water over the Smokenator), then removed the water and run around 250-280 for the remainder of the cook.

[Cookingmama]

Ummmm ....that roast is really raw.  It is totally unsafe to eat. 

 

[Vermin99]

Everything looks great and I don't know if I have ever seen a bigger smoke ring, well done!!

[Nut]

Yea, happy about the smoke ring...

It wouldn't be my choice to cook "well done", but this was a failed try for 'pulled beef'... but as a failure it was pretty tasty.

I'm sure I'll do a 'proper' roast one day