had a few days off...smoker

T.G · 04-01-2010, 12:32 AM

That's more like it!

BTW - last minute modification the above recipe, based on something I noticed with the 7-bone chuck I just did tonight: after the chuck is finished after the 350F cook and rest period, take it out of the foil pan and drop it into a pyrex baking dish and shred with forks, don't dump the juice from the foil pan into the shredded meat just yet. Taste the shredded beef - if you like it that way, leave it the way it is. If you don't, dip a piece into the juice, see how it tastes.

The juice in the foil pan consists of a high percentage of grease - now, if you plan on freezing the pulled chuck and reheating it in a pan with a bit of water, you kind of need at least some of this - once it starts sizzling, you'll get this wonderful bacon-ish type crisping and flavor, but if you are serving straight up, I think it tastes better without the juice as it muddles the flavor a bit.

You could also chill the juice, and skim off the solidified grease and dump the remainder back in if you wanted too.

04-01-2010, 12:32 AM	#32
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,578 Trading: (37)	Re: had a few days off...smoker That's more like it! BTW - last minute modification the above recipe, based on something I noticed with the 7-bone chuck I just did tonight: after the chuck is finished after the 350F cook and rest period, take it out of the foil pan and drop it into a pyrex baking dish and shred with forks, don't dump the juice from the foil pan into the shredded meat just yet. Taste the shredded beef - if you like it that way, leave it the way it is. If you don't, dip a piece into the juice, see how it tastes. The juice in the foil pan consists of a high percentage of grease - now, if you plan on freezing the pulled chuck and reheating it in a pan with a bit of water, you kind of need at least some of this - once it starts sizzling, you'll get this wonderful bacon-ish type crisping and flavor, but if you are serving straight up, I think it tastes better without the juice as it muddles the flavor a bit. You could also chill the juice, and skim off the solidified grease and dump the remainder back in if you wanted too.